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Mike Brown wrote: > Lars Huttar wrote: ... > > 3. What is the difference between <xsl:copy-of> and <xsl:value-of>? > > > > Answer: > > The difference is that the latter gives the string value of > its select > > expression, which in the case of a RTF or node-set would be > simply the > > text in the text nodes [...] > > The string-value of a node-set is the string-value of only > the first node in > the set. > > The string-value of a node depends on what type of node it is: > element: concatenation of text from all descendant text nodes > attribute: attribute value > text: the text > comment: comment text > processing instruction: instruction part (text after the target) > namespace: namespace URI Thanks for the correction and clarification. And also for your recent explanation about match="node()" vs. match="*". (Which I've put in my "worth keeping" folder.) Lars XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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