I'm not sure what result you want.
If you want:
"This book Lord of the rings is often misquoted."
then you can just get it as the string-value of the <book> element.
i.e., with <book> as the context node, it is string(.).
If you want
"This book is often misquoted."
then it's best to use template rules - these are always a good idea when
handling mixed content.
<xsl:variable name="top-level-text">
<xsl:apply-templates select="text()"/>
</xsl:variable>
Michael Kay
Software AG
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[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
Peter Lavender
Sent: 24 September 2002 14:27
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Subject: [xsl] How do I capture the text "around" a node?
Hi Everyone,
I'm beating my head against a wall here, and haven't been
able to work out how to capture the text around a node.
Here is the snippet of xml:
<book isbn="88888">
This book <title>Lord of the rings</title> is often misquoted.
...
</book>
Now I have tried to work out how, but failed miserably and
would appreciate some help, or even better an explaination as
to why/how to do this.
Here is my attempt to do it:
<xsl:template match="book">
<fo:block font-size="12pt" font-family="serif"
line-height="16pt">
<xsl:variable name="txtFirst" select='substring-before(
/book/text(), "(" )' />
<xsl:value-of select="$txtFirst" />
<xsl:value-of select="title" />
<xsl:text>After this is something:</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="/child::title/child::text()" />
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
When I do just variable name="txt" select="text()" i only get
all text up to the title tag. How can I get the text after
the title node?
Regards,
Pete.
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