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RE: [xsl] Grouping text nodes

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>> > <xsl:template match="*[span[@class='vn']]" mode="lg">
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>>What are the extra [ ] doing in this case?

I've found that understanding XPath statements is easiest if you try to turn
it
into English (or your favorite spoken language) going left-to-right.

So, match="*" means match on any node

*[...] means match on any node where the ... evaluates to true

*[span] means match on any node where it is true that it has a child named
span

*[span[...]] means match on any node where it is true that is has a child
named
span and for which the ... evaluates to true for that span child

*[span[@class='vn']] means match on any node where it is true that is has a
child named span and that span child has an attribute named class whose text
value is equal to the string "vn"

I know this was probably more verbose than you needed, but this is the
concept
of breaking down XPath into its various parts that has helped me learn it.

Hope this helps.

-Peter

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