Editing WoW:API EditBox GetText

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Returns the text that is currently entered in the EditBox.
 local text = editBox:GetText()

== Parameters ==
=== Arguments ===
: None

=== Returns ===
* text (string) - the current text in the EditBox as a string

== Details ==
Note that the special characters "|" and "\" are escaped in the returned string. That way GetText() returns "||" instead of "|" and "\\" instead of "\".

== Comments ==
If you want to read in numbers you should use the [[API EditBox GetNumber|GetNumber()]] function instead.