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ashkan
ashkan

Reputation: 49

How can I select those element which have no text children

In document below I am trying to get those element have no text child. but every effort get nothing.

<a>
      <b>
         <c> this is nice place </c>
      </b>

      <d> 
         <e> where this place is </e>
         <f> this place is very close to us</f>
      </d>

      <g> 
        <h/>
      </g>

     <i/>
</a>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 47

Answers (3)

adamretter
adamretter

Reputation: 3517

So if I understand correctly, you want all the children of a which have no text nodes?

/a/element()[not(.//text())]

Upvotes: 0

CodeManX
CodeManX

Reputation: 11915

Stylesheet that copies empty elements (immediate children of a) and their children, if there's not a single text node:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" exclude-result-prefixes="msxsl"
>
  <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

  <xsl:template match="@* | node()">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="a"/>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="a">
    <empty>
      <xsl:copy-of select="*[not(node()/text())]"/>
    </empty>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<empty>
  <g>
    <h />
  </g>
  <i />
</empty>

Upvotes: 0

OldProgrammer
OldProgrammer

Reputation: 12179

How about this:

//*[not(node())]

Test query here

Upvotes: 2

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