how to find text within range of two tags

dipsut · May 25th, 2007, 11:02 AM

hi!
I am trying to find a way to detect a text within two tags.
i need to grab text within ..text start with BACKGROUND
is any one can help on this ?
input xhtml file:
 OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of body mass index (BMI) on the short- and long-term
outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).


BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with advanced coronary artery
disease (CAD). However, the relation between BMI and
outcome after PCI remains controversial.

mhkay · May 25th, 2007, 11:09 AM

Something like

<xsl:template match="text()[starts-with('OBJECTIVES')][preceding-sibling::*[1][self::br]]">

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

dipsut · May 25th, 2007, 04:13 PM

thanks
but Can you please explain me how it works ?

komal

mhkay · May 25th, 2007, 04:27 PM

text()

matches a text node

[starts-with('OBJECTIVES')]

the string value of the text node must start with "OBJECTIVES"

[preceding-sibling::*

there must be a preceding sibling

[1]

that is the first preceding sibling

[self::br]]

and that is a br element

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference