RE: not selecting child elements with same name as par

> I have a tree like this:
>
> <tab>link 1
>  <tab>link 1.1</tab>
> </tab>
>
> when i use <xsl:value-of select="."/> on the first
> level tab, it is ALSO grabbing the text in the child
> <tab> elements as well...

Yes, the string-value of an element is the concatenation of all text content
within that element, not just the immediate text child nodes.

> but I'd rather
> just grab the immediate text in <tab> level one,
> without having to specify additional element names.
>
> Does this make sense? Is this possible?
>
Do <xsl:for-each select="text()">
     <xsl:value-of select="."/>
   </xsl:for-each>

Mike Kay
Software AG


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