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RE: [XPath] Type of the first child

Subject: RE: [XPath] Type of the first child
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:53:13 -0000
RE:  [XPath] Type of the first child
> 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?

No, it's wrong. "*" will always select an element node, and an element node
always has a name. not(name(node()[1])) would work, as would
node()[1][not(self::*)]

Mike Kay


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