RE: [xsl] Testing for text before an element

["Robert C. Lyons" <boblyons at unidex dot com>]

Ken,

It seems to me that you want to output a
<LineBreak/> if the first child node of
the current node is not a para element.
For example, if the first child node of
the current node is a text node or an
element named abc, then you would want
to output a <LineBreak/>.

The following is true if the first child
node of the current node is not a para
element:

  child::node()[1][not( self::para )]

If you don't want to output a <LineBreak/>
when the first child element of the current
node is a para element that is preceded by
ignorable whitespace, then you can include
the following instruction in your stylesheet:

  <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

Hope this helps.

Bob

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-----Original Message-----

Hi,
	I'm trying to detect if either:
		the first child of the current node is not a <para>
	or
		text appears before a first child <para> node

	I'm using a <xsl:if
test="not(child::*[1][self::para])"><LineBreak/></xsl:if> test.  How do I
modify this expression to evaluate false if text preceeds a <para> child?
Thanks!

Ken Barnett
Medifor Inc., a division of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
647 Washington Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
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