Getting text in mixed content

[MarkoKlacar]

Picture this content:

<top>

this is the text I need to get my hand's on

<nested>

some text

</nested>

<nested>

some text

</nested>

<nested>

some text

</nested>

<nested>

some text

</nested>

</top>

Now, the text that comes before the <nested>-element is what I need to get my hand's on. The funny thing is that I've done this a 1000-times by accident but just can't figure out the proper way to do it.

Cheers

[MarkoKlacar]

Just as I suspected it was as easy as 1,2,3.

The solution, for those interested was:
top/text()

My apologies for wasting you time...