On 1/4/07, Georges Schmitz <georges(_dot_)schmitz(_at_)heitec(_dot_)de> wrote:
What is the "fastest" way to convert a sequence of text nodes into one
single text node in XPath2.0?
I could do it outside of an XPath expression by applying xsl:value-of
<xsl:param name="text" as="xs:string">
<xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
</xsl:param>
but I would like to have it more compact, something like:
<xsl:param name="text" select="mysterious-function(@name)"
as="xs:string"/>
(mysterious-function should be a standard function, not one by me that
encapsulates xsl:value-of :-), but I don't know if such a construct exists)
Use string-join() with a space for the separator value (or leave it empty)
In XSLT 2.0 you can use <xsl:value-of> without a select eg
<xsl:value-of>
<xsl:text>foo</xsl:text>
<xsl:text>bar</xsl:text>
</xsl:value-of>
...will result in a sequence of length 1.
In your example though, how would an attribute return a sequence of
multiple text nodes?
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