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Subject: re: how to access the text of just the current element?
From: "Dave Gomboc" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 02:01:39 -0700

> From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
[some snipping]
> You can get a node-set containing the immediate text node children as
>
> xsl:variable name="t" select="text()"
>
> If you want to output these nodes, concatenated, don't use xsl:value-of
> directly, this will only give you the first one. Instead process them all:
>
> xsl:for-each select="$t"
>   xsl:value-of select="."

Thanks!  Something simple like "text()" was exactly what I was looking for.
I've now also noticed it used on page 422 of your book, but I've yet to
locate where it is documented.

Dave



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