RE: how to get string value of element node without children concatenate

> I'm sure the answer is obvious, but I can't seem to find it.
...
> <xsl:template match="finishes">
>       <xsl:for-each select="finish">
>               <th colspan="{count(descendant::hold)}">
>                       <xsl:value-of select="." />
>               </th>
>       </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
I think what you want instead of <xsl:value-of select="." />
is <xsl:value-of select="text()" />.
This will give you the string value of all text nodes that
are immediate children of the context node.

HTH!
Lars


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