Help with xpath

[John Smith]

I am trying to query a documents

<level1>
<level2>
<level3>
x
<level4>a</level4>
<level4>b</level4>
<level4>c</level4>
</level3>
</level2>
</level1>

The Xpath query "/level1/level2/level3[level4/text()='b']" find b, but
"/level1/level2[level3/text()='x']" finds nothing as does "//*[text()='x']"
..

Why is this?

Many Thanks

Jon

[John Smith]

A bit futher on now, it appears the "x" text node has a newline character in
it. Altering the query to
"/level1/level2[level3/normalize-space(text())='x']" works. Altering the
document to:

<level1>
<level2>
<level3>
x<level4>a</level4>
<level4>b</level4>
<level4>c</level4>
</level3>
</level2>
</level1>

also works, I am using a java dom parser with the XpathAPI to do the search.
An ideas?

Many Thanks

Jon

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I am trying to query a documents

<level1>
<level2>
<level3>
x
<level4>a</level4>
<level4>b</level4>
<level4>c</level4>
</level3>
</level2>
</level1>

The Xpath query "/level1/level2/level3[level4/text()='b']" find b, but
"/level1/level2[level3/text()='x']" finds nothing as does "//*[text()='x']" .

Why is this?

Many Thanks

Jon