Subject: Re: HELP: value-of question From: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 17:46:33 +0200 |
Matt, If you want its text value, just ask its text value :) <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::PID/text()"/> will do the trick. Eric PS: sometimes, XSLT is just simple... Matt Coolidge wrote: > > Hi everyone. I'm trying to to populate an xsl:variable with an xsl:value-of, > as follows: > > <xsl:variable name="pid"><xsl:value-of > select="ancestor::PID"/></xsl:variable> > > The xml looks something like this: > > <PID>1 > <desc>blah blah</desc> > </PID> > > The trouble is, <PID> is an element, with children, but I just want it's > text value - i.e. I want my variable to contain "1", not a string > representation of the whole tree! > > And, no, I can't just make the PID value an attr of PID *sigh* > > Pls help!!! > --MC > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric van der Vlist Dyomedea http://dyomedea.com http://xmlfr.org http://4xt.org http://ducotede.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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