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javascript to read content between <a> tags
<html>
<head>
<title>My Cat website</title>
</head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="script12.js"></script>
<body>
<h1>
<a href="http://www.petwebsite.com/cats.asp" id="message">My_first_cat_website</a>
</h1>
</body>
</html>

window.onload=initall;

function initall()
{
    var ans=document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].firstChild.data;
    alert(ans);
    if(ans<10)
    {
        alert(ans);
    }
    var newans=ans.subString(0,9)+"...";
}

function initall()
{
    var ans=document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].firstChild.data;

    if(ans.length<10)
    {
        alert("hmmm.. its less then 10!");
    }
    var newans= ans.substring(0,9)+"...";
    document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].firstChild.data = newans;
}

window.onload = function() {
    var ans = document.getElementById( 'message' ).textContent;
    if ( ans.length < 10 ) {
        alert( ans );
    }
    else {
        var newans = ans.substring( 0, 9 ) + '...';
    }
}