Re: Finding the closest node (was Re: [xsl] inconsistent Preceding-Sibling behaviour when nested in For-Each

Subject: Re: Finding the closest node (was Re: [xsl] inconsistent Preceding-Sibling behaviour when nested in For-Each
From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:06:24 GMT
> What if I want to get the closest of some possible (specific) subset of
> ancestors? eg (this is Docbook, let us say the current node is an <xref>
> in a <para> at some depth within one of the following):

just put (  )[last()] around teh union that you ststed.

> XPath returns the remotest node (the earliest in document order)
The Xpath as written selects all teh ancestors of that type, not just
the first.

David

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