EditBox:GetText

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	EditBox:HasText
	EditBox:GetText
	EditBox:SetText
	EditBox:Insert

Returns the value of an edit box.

text = EditBox:GetText()

Returns

text

string - The current text; however, "|" and "\" are escaped as "||" and "\\".

Details

• Due to special character escaping, it is safe to immediately pass the return value back to EditBox:SetText().
• Returns the new value within OnTextSet and OnTextChanged handlers.