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From: Martin Honnen <mahotrash@-----.-->
To: NULL
Date: 5/4/2009 12:21:00 PM

Phantom wrote:
> Simple question that's driving me freakin mad.
> 
> how do I get the complete string value of, e.g.
> 
> <fruits>
>  <fruit>apple</fruit>
>  <fruit>banana</fruit>
>  <fruit>pear</fruit>
> </fruits>
> 
> if I try  string(fruits) I get only "apple"... I need "apple banana pear".
> 
> (yes, I'll actually need those spaces too)

Is that XPath? Then
   string(/fruits)
should give you what you are looking for.
   string(/fruits/fruit)
on the other hand (with XPath 1.0) would only give you "apple".

If you use the W3C DOM Level 3 then you could use the textContent 
property of the 'fruits' element to get what you want.

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	Martin Honnen
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