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RE: [xsl] Not Node() but string onlye

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What I'm after is the value of the text node when there are no child other
(what do you call these?) nodes... but, if there are child nodes, then I am
interested in the value of one of them, in my case, the value of the child
node defaultvalue.  Take this example then:

<mynode>A text Node</mynode>

<mynode>
    <node_a>could be anything</node_a>
    <node_b>could also be anything</node_b>
    <defaultvalue>this is what I want</defaultvalue>
</mynode>



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 10:14 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [xsl] Not Node() but string onlye



>
> I am using this:
> <xsl:when test="not(node()) and string(.)">
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> To test if a node has "No Child Nodes" but contains "String only".

If an element has no children, then its string value will always be "".

> So example:
>
> <!-- This should FAIL above test -->
> <mynode>
>     I hope
> </mynode>
>

Perhaps you are overlooking that the element <mynode> has one text node
child.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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