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**NodeText( **//parShow//** )**

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| **NodeText** | Returns text of the active X and Y Node name and values. |
| //parShow// | Flag to conditionally suppress return value. |

The **NodeText** method returns the full text of the active X and Y Node name and values. If //parShow// is set to FALSE, the node text is suppressed, and an empty string is returned.

**Return Data Type:**     STRING

**Implementation:**

The **NodeText** method is called from the ToShowValues and AllText methods.

**See Also:**     [[alltext return full graph text information .htm|AllText]]