Comparing text values in Cypress

I'm trying to compare two values on a page to make an assertion. I want to capture the value of one text element and compare it with another value on the same page. I'm not sure how to do that in javascript. In Java/selenium this is easy but cypress seems less flexible on this..

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This is a test comparing two generated strings and if they are not equal after clicking a button:

 it('Test generating new password', () => { let password1; cy.get('#password').should(($div) => { password1 = $div.text(); }); cy.get('#generate-button').click(); cy.get('#password').should(($div) => { const password2 = $div.text(); expect(password1).not.equal(password2); }); });