Data between elements

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to retrieve data that's put outside element blocks.

Sample;

<td>
  <b>abc</b> 123 <b>def</b> 456 <b>ghi</b>
</td>

So from this sample I would like to get the 123 and 456.

On this site I found some samples with a not() and that seems to work a bit in the right direction but then 123 & 456 are removed because he only shows the 'other elements'.

So /td/.[not(b)] won't give results at all.

How can I make the date that isn't in an element apear again?

if I only use /td then the data outside an element is shown.

Thanks in advance,
     Edwin

Answer 1

You need to use text(). See here for an example that is almost identical to you situation.

Answer 2

You should look into XML Node Types, you can specify to only select text nodes. For example:

/td/text()

should return you a list of all the text nodes underneath td