Re: [XPath] Type of the first child

<xsl:if test="node()[1][self::text()]">
   <xsl:text>It's a text-node.</xsl:text>
</xsl:if>

<xsl:if test="node()[1][self::*]">
   <xsl:text>It's an element.</xsl:text>
</xsl:if>

Hi all,

I have an XPath question, really. In a pattern, I want to take a different
action if the first child of my element is a text node or an element. I
wrote the following predicate, which is to be true if the first child is a
text node:

not(name(*[1]))

It seems to work, but is this correct? Is there a better way to write this?
Thanks -- Julien

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