Re: [xsl] XPath query syntax

[jpk <jopaki@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey all,

Thanks for the help!  Here is what I ended up with:

//text()[not(normalize-space(.) = '')]

Jon

--- JBryant@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> My bad.
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> Thanks for the correction.
> 
> Jay Bryant
> Bryant Communication Services
> (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution
> Technologies).
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> 05/19/2005 06:58 AM
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> Riiiight!  Right-o.  It tests for *child* br!  Thank
> you.  I shoulda 
> thought 
> through that more ... and I will read up on this
> business one of these, 
> uh, 
> days.
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> --A
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> >From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [xsl] XPath query syntax
> >Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:05:11 +0100
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> > > That *is* the better syntax, but it didn't work
> for me (under xalan),
> >
> >It worked, it just didn't select what you expected.
> >
> >select="/textarea/node()[not(br)]"
> >
> >br selects child br nodes so node()[not(br)]
> selects nodes that don't
> >have a br child nodes, which is all nodes in your
> example.
> >You could use /textarea/node()[not(self::br)] but
> its simpler just to use
> >/textarea/text()
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> >
> >David
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