Re: xsl-value-of does not process xsl values?

David Carlisle wrote:
> That's your mistake. value-of does not give the content of the elements
> it gives the string value (ie just the character data).

Not only that, but when you select multiple nodes, xsl:value-of only uses
the string value of the first node in the set. 

I'm not sure why xsl:value-of needed to exist; it seems like xsl:text
could have served the same purpose, had it been allowed to contain an
XPath expression, and would have led to slightly less confusion 
(xsl:text and xsl:value-of both mean "create one text node").

Of course, as long as people think of XML & XSLT documents as strings
rather than trees, and XSLT instructions as text substitution macros
rather than tree access & construction tools, this will continue to be a
FAQ.

   - Mike
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