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aha ! use the translate() function to remove these characters and XSLT 1.0 is very concrete so buy a book ! ( anything by Michael Kay or Jeni Tennison recc ) cheers, jim fuller > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter > Lavender > Sent: 24 September 2002 15:13 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: How do I capture the text "around" a node? > > > Hi, > > > Text handling like this is always (imho) a little confusing. The simple > > answer is to use xsl:apply-templates as this will hit all the child > > text() nodes, not just the first(ala value-of). > > It is very confusing. > > While apply-templates works as you said, the problem i have is that I > want to remove the chars (), hence I tried value-of > > > As a good-practice rule, you should always use apply-templates over > > value-of (where possible) for a number of reasons, with the biggest > > probably being that template match=text() gets called. > > I'm very new to this and have been struggling through basically > finding what resources I can on the net. > > I'm reluctant to purchase a book as a reference as I understand that > somethings are not set in concrete yet. > > With the cost of books these days I find it hard to justify purchasing > them only to find that it hasn't answered my questions. > > > > > Regards, > > Pete. > > -- > Due to a lack of imagination, > this signature will remain > under construction indefinitely. > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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