Subject: RE: [xsl] Axis order and variables From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 10:40:30 -0400 |
So if I understand correctly, ancestor::x[1] is the same as ..,
but if I first get the nodeset ancestor::x, and on the nodeset object request element [1], I get the fors ancestor::x in document order?
I don't get it. I understood that a nodeset had an inherent ordering which was established at the time we do the select on the nodeset... Ah. penny drops. If we then select nodes from within that nodeset using another axis, we go back to the document ordering associated with that axis.
<xsl:variable name="xvariable" select="ancestor::x"/> $xvariable[1] returns the farthest ancestor named "x"
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