Thanks Wendell and Martin. Of course. Makes sense. /node() works perfectly in
this instance.

> On Sep 3, 2020, at 11:29 AM, Wendell Piez wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Terry,
>
> Don't kick yourself, but the path in your select expression
"div/p[@class='passage']/*" will select only elements.
>
> To select all nodes, use "div/p[@class='passage']/node()", or for just
elements and text (no comments or PIs, use "div/p[@class='passage']/(* |
text())".
>
> I can see this easily 'cause I've made this mistake dozens of times.
>
> Cheers, Wendell
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 11:20 AM Terry Ofner tdofner@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:tdofner@xxxxxxxxx> <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> I have a document with the following structure:
>     <div>
>         <p class="passage">
>             <span class="itemNum">(1)</span>First <b>sentence</b> of the
passage. <span class="itemNum">(2)</span> Second sentence of the passage.
<span class="itemNum">(3)</span> Third sentence of the passage.
>         </p>
>     </div>
>
>     I need to chunk this into separte items:
>
>     <div class="passage_set">
>         <p class="item" itemNum="(1)"><b>(1)</b> First <b>sentence</b> of
the passage.</p>
>         <p class="item" itemNum="(2)"><b>(2)</b> Second sentence of the
passage.</p>
>         <p class="item" itemNum="(3)"><b>(3)</b> Third sentence of the
passage.</p>
>     </div>
>
>     If there were no nodes in the text between spans, I could use tokenize,
which I do on such occasions.
>     With sets such as the one above, I have been trying to use
for-each-group. But I am unable to capture the text between the span
elements.
>     Here is the relevant section of my current stylesheet (3.0 Saxon-PE
9.8.0.12):
>
>     <xsl:variable name="passage_raw">
>         <div class="passage_set">
>             <xsl:for-each-group select="div/p[@class='passage']/*"
group-starting-with="span">
>                 <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
>                 <p class="item">
>                     <xsl:attribute name="itemNum">
>                         <xsl:value-of select="current-group()[1]"/>
>                     </xsl:attribute>
>                     <xsl:copy-of select="current-group()"/>
>                 </p>
>             </xsl:for-each-group>
>         </div>
>     </xsl:variable>
>
>     Here is the output:
>
>     <div class="passage_set">
>         <p class="item" itemNum="(1)"><span
class="itemNum">(1)</span><b>sentence</b></p>
>         <p class="item" itemNum="(2)"><span class="itemNum">(2)</span></p>
>         <p class="item" itemNum="(3)"><span class="itemNum">(3)</span></p>
>     </div>
>
>     I feel like I am close.
>     Is there any way to capture the text following the span using grouping
or any other method available in 3.0?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Terry
>
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