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Re: // behavior tip-- xsl:value-of vs. xsl:apply-templates
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- Subject: Re: // behavior tip-- xsl:value-of vs. xsl:apply-templates
- From: Mike Brown <mike at skew dot org>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:50:02 -0600 (MDT)
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
Yadda Yadda wrote:
> The // operator matches all the descendant nodes of an element.
>
> However, when used in the context of an xsl:value-of element, it returns the
> string value of only the **first** matched element.
This has nothing to do with the // shorthand. If you give a node-set
in the select attribute of xsl:value-of, the text node that is created
will contain the string-value of the first node in the set.
If your current node has a couple of 'foo' element children, like:
<foo>hi</foo>
<foo>hello</foo>
then <xsl:value-of select="foo"/> will give you 'hi' only.
- Mike
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