In XPath 2.0:
normalize-space(string-join(text(),''))
In XPath 1.0 you're stuck, just as you feared.
Just had an idea -- finite string-join approximations.
Simulate
string-join(text(),'')
by
concat(text()[1],text()[2],...,text()[k])
for any finite chosen value k.
This works in XPath 1.0 given that k is chosen big enough.
Sample:
$ xpath++ "concat(/a/text()[1],/a/text()[2],/a/text()[3])" mixed.xml 13
$
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From: Wendell Piez <wapiez(_at_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Date: 12/22/2010 05:52 PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] Novice Question - matching entire text children
Hermann,
On 12/22/2010 2:29 AM, Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt wrote:
Hi Wendell,
"normalize-space(text())" will do the same without copying the text
nodes into the variable first, if that's what you're asking.
that is exactly the point, it does not do the same thing without copying!
Oops, you are correct! I forgot the single-node semantics of
normalize-space().
In XPath 2.0:
normalize-space(string-join(text(),''))
In XPath 1.0 you're stuck, just as you feared.
Cheers,
Wendell
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