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RE: Counting number of characters of sibling text node
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:58:43 +0100
- Subject: RE: [xsl] Counting number of characters of sibling text node
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>
> 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
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
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