Why displays nothing instead of two in this code example?

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var check=$("#timer").val(); alert(check);

 <p id="timer" >2</p>

Andrew_Romanuk

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The val () method is used to get the value from the value attribute for input, select, textarea. - Ihor Tkachuk
$("#timer").text(); - Igor

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The val () method is used to get the value from the value attribute for input, select, textarea.

Sublihim sublihim 2,284 one ten 23 · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-07T19:44:32

need so

 var check=$("#timer").text(); alert(check);