Subject: Re: [xsl] Must be a better way to write this XPath expression From: Frederic Laurent <fl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 18:27:35 +0200 |
On Friday 06 June 2003 17:32, Simon.Fairey@xxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > > Given: > > <data> > <stuff> > <a> > ...lots in here... > </a> > <b> > ...lots in here... > </b> > <c> > ...lots in here... > </c> > <d> > ...lots in here... > </d> > </stuff> > </data> > > In my XSL to get sections 'a' and 'b' I would have thought something like: > > /data/stuff/(a|b) doesn't work because you can specify conditionnal expression only into predicate, between '[' and ']' like this /data/stuff/child::*[self::a or self::b] or /data/stuff/child::*[name()='a' or name()='b'] or /data/stuff/*[self::a or self::b] > > would work but the only thing I can get to work is: > > /data/stuff/a|/data/stuff/b > > which just seems too long winded for there not to be a better way to > express it. With absolute paths, I think you can't write a shorter expression HTH -- Frédéric Laurent http://www.opikanoba.org XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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