Subject: RE: [xsl] not selecting child elements with same name as parent... From: "Anthony E." <apwebdesign@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:50:51 -0700 (PDT) |
Thanks for that detailed response! option #3 worked great with the <xsl:copy-of select="text()"/> -- Anthony E. --- Evan Lenz <elenz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > <xsl:value-of select="text()"/> > > > > > > > That's dangerous, it will only select the first > child text node. > > > > But wasn't that exactly what was required in the > orginal question? > > No. There have been three possibilities discussed so > far, as shown below. A > concrete example follows. > > 1) string-value of an element, which is the > concatenation of all > *descendant* text nodes (what Anthony tried) > > <xsl:value-of select="."/> (where "." is the current > node, an element) > > 2) string-value of first child text node (what you > suggested) > > <xsl:value-of select="text()"/> > > 3) string-value of each child text node (the correct > solution to Anthony's > problem) > > <xsl:for-each select="text()"> > <xsl:value-of select="."/> > </xsl:for-each> > -OR- > <xsl:copy-of select="text()"/> > > > Example (where the foo element is the current node > in each of the above): > > <foo>The <bar>quick</bar> brown fox jumped > <bat>over</bat> the lazy > dog.</foo> > > #1 will produce "The quick brown fox jumped over the > lazy dog." > #2 will produce "The " > #3 will produce "The brown fox jumped the lazy > dog." > > As it happens, the example he gave would result in > the difference of only > one line break between #2 and #3, but the way he > specified the problem > indicated it was in fact #3 that he wanted. > > Hope this helps, > Evan > > > XSL-List info and archive: > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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