Re: [xsl] Testing if first child is text or an element?

["David Carlisle d.p.carlisle@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

sorry typo:

self::text() not self::text

On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 at 23:12, David Carlisle d.p.carlisle@xxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 at 20:29, dvint@xxxxxxxxx <
> xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>                                                 <xsl:when
>> test="local-name()='info'">
>>                                                         <xsl:choose>
>>                                                                 <xsl:when
>> test="child::*[1] instance of element()">
>>
>
> that is the same as test="*[1]"  as child:: is implied, and * only selects
> elements
>
>
>>                                                                 <xsl:when
>> test="child::*[1] instance of text()">
>>
>
> that's always false.
>
>
> You want node() not *  but also want to test normalize-space so
>
> <xsl:when test="node()[1]/self::text[nomalize-space(.)]">
>    non-space text node
>
> <xsl:otherwise>
>     something else
>
>
> David
>
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