Re: // behavior tip-- xsl:value-of vs. xsl:apply-templates

[Mike Brown <mike at skew dot org>]

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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