how to get value out of promise into an array in protractor

I have created a function for getting all links and clicking on them and then handle the windows using another method. Everything works fine, but now I want to put a condition that only few links are clicked. So the function is like:

this.getLinks = function(){
    browser.driver.findElements(that.links).then(function(foundElements){
        var val;
        for(var i =0;i<foundElements.length;i++){
            browser.sleep(3000);
            foundElements[i].getText().then(function(textValue){
                val = textValue;
                **console.log(val);**  
            });
            if(val != '??????' || val != '?????????' || val != '??????'){
                foundElements[i].click();
                that.getWindows();
             }
           }
        });
     };

I want to get the value of val out of promise so that I can put a condition that only selected links are clicked.