Method getText

code/pagerank/BeautifulSoup.py:562–572

(self, separator=u"")

    string = property(getString, setString)

    def getText(self, separator=u""):
        if not len(self.contents):
            return u""
        stopNode = self._lastRecursiveChild().next
        strings = []
        current = self.contents[0]
        while current is not stopNode:
            if isinstance(current, NavigableString):
                strings.append(current.strip())
            current = current.next
        return separator.join(strings)

    text = property(getText)