Re: [xsl] Selecting First Direct Sibling

["CyberSpace Industries 2000 Inc." <csi2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In my classes - there is typically at least one student who will get 
surprised by this.

Everything in the input XML will create a node - even whitespace (tabs, line 
end, LF/CR) unless you take explicit steps to remove the white space as not 
important to your processing.  A text node IS an actual node whose value is 
the text - even if it is white space.

Cheers...Hugh

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wasiq Shaikh" <wasiq911@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:01 AM
Subject: RE: [xsl] Selecting First Direct Sibling


> Oh I see. I had always thought that node() would select an actual node or 
> text. Didn't think it would select blank spaces.