Re: [xsl] check for whitespace value between nodes

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Dimitre,

At 04:33 PM 8/20/2010, you wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dear Dimitre,
> >
> > At 12:00 PM 8/20/2010, you wrote:
> >>
> >> In fact the expression I proposed also covers your "first definition".
> >
> > Of course -- I'm sorry if I wasn't clear that a single space 
> character would
> > pass your test. But it doesn't do so exclusively. If "a white space" is
> > meant to designate *only* a single character, the test (as you know) has to
> > be tighter. And either way, we also get to worry about what that character
> > can be. Space, tab, non-breaking space, zero-width space ...
>
> The question said "white space". Not "white space character".

I read "a white space". The use of the indefinite article might 
suggest a singular "space".

> Also in your message you were describing the solution to your "first case" as:
>
> "For the first definition, one might want
>
>  translate(product/text(),'&#xA;&#x9;',' ')=' '  "
>
> So, it seems that your "first case" defines whitespace as containing
> one or more newline and tab characters. There is nothing in your
> proposed XPath expression that restricts the test for "*only* a single
> character".

I think the other side of the equality operation does that, doesn't it? :-)

Cheers,
Wendell



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