How do I get a useful value for height and width of a div element using javascript?

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Published on 2010-03-29T17:37:33Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 17:43 UTC
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I need to be able to store the current height and width of a div at any point in time.

Currently I am using div.style.height/width which works fine when the styling is applied inline.

The problem is that this returns for example 600px and not 600.

Is there a better way to do this? If not, whats the best way to get just the number 600?

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