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RE: Counting number of characters of sibling text node


> 
> But if you do
> 
> <xsl:variable name="this-and-preceding-siblings">
>    <xsl:copy-of select=".|preceding-sibling::node()"/>
> </xsl:variable>
> <xsl:value-of select="string-length($this-and-preceding-siblings)"/>
> 
> you may get better results.
> 
No you won't. string-length() works on the first node in the supplied
node-set.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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