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sxml:text nodeprocedure

Returns a string which combines all the character data from text node children of the given SXML element or "" if there are no text node children. Note that it does not include text from descendant nodes, only direct children.

(sxml:text
  '(div (@ (class "content"))
        (*COMMENT* "main contents start here")
         "The document moved "
	 (a (@ (href "/other.xml")) "here")))
 => ("The document moved ")