js html textarea tag access

1/*Let's say you have the following <textarea> tag:
2<textarea id="inputMethod"></textarea>
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4And you want to see it's value. Here's a function you could use:
5*/
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7function getTextArea() {
8  let value = document.getElementById("inputMethod").value; // Gets value of 'inputMethod' textarea
9  console.log(value); // Prints value to console
10  return value;
11}
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