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HTML

<ul>
    <li>Test 1</li>
    <li>Test 2</li>
    <li>Test 3</li>
</ul>
<br />
<h3>Returned value</h3>
<p>Expected value's type: [object Array]</p>
<p>Expected value: ['Test1', 'Test2', 'Test3']</p>
<p>Returned value's type: <span id="returned-value-type"></span></p>
<p>Returned value: <span id="returned-value"></span></p>

JavaScript

var text = $('li').text();

$('#returned-value-type').text(typeof text);
$('#returned-value').text(text);