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Re: [xsl] Selecting First Direct Sibling

2007-08-21 07:24:52
In my classes - there is typically at least one student who will get surprised by this.

Everything in the input XML will create a node - even whitespace (tabs, line end, LF/CR) unless you take explicit steps to remove the white space as not important to your processing. A text node IS an actual node whose value is the text - even if it is white space.

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Wasiq Shaikh" <wasiq911(_at_)hotmail(_dot_)com>
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Oh I see. I had always thought that node() would select an actual node or text. Didn't think it would select blank spaces.


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