[Res] Problem with space as the last character in an XPATH

Dear support,

I have a problem which is causing an assertion to fail because the XPATH command is not including the space, which is the last character in the result - here is the data from the XML:

<ns4:firstName>Christian SIMON </ns4:firstName>

There is a space as a last character and this is discarded in the XPATH - is there a way to keep the space?

Here is the end of the XPATH used:

........./ns4:dgConsultationInfo[1]/ns4:response[1]/ns4:contact[1]/ns4:firstName[1]

I tried adding /text() or /string() to the end of the XPATH but that did not help.

Thank you in advance,
Armen