RE: [xsl] Testing for text before an element

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jarno (and Tim),

At 11:11 PM 7/16/01, you wrote:
...
> >       I'm using a <xsl:if
> > test="not(child::*[1][self::para])"><LineBreak/></xsl:if>
> > test.  How do I
> > modify this expression to evaluate false if text preceeds a
> > <para> child?

...

> And for the second test, assuming the text and <para> element are children
> of the current node
>
>   <xsl:if test="not(text()[following-sibling::para])"><LineBreak/></xsl:if>

Wouldn't it be

test="not(para[1][preceding-sibling::text()])"

to test if text precedes the first para child?

(I think not(text()[following-sibling::para]) will test false if you have 
any text node child before any para child, not just before the first para.)

Cheers,
Wendell


> Jarno
>
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