JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="mydiv">
<p>
<b><a href="mypage.html">This is an example</a></b>
<br>
this is another example.
</p>
</div>
JavaScript
var element = document.getElementById('mydiv');
var mystr = element.innerText || element.textContent;
alert(mystr);
alert(mystr.replace("\n", ""));