Subject: RE: [xsl] Determining the depth of a node From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 08:59:54 -0000 |
count(ancestor::node()) I'm surprised your searches lead you to XQuery, since a solution that works on all XQuery processors is much harder: XQuery still makes support for the ancestor axis optional. Michael Kay # -----Original Message----- # From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-xsl- # list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cknell@xxxxxxxxxx # Sent: 02 March 2004 21:56 # To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # Subject: [xsl] Determining the depth of a node # # It seems like this question is answered all the time, buy all my searchs # seem to point me to XQuery and I don't want to use XQuery. In fact, for # this purpose it would be most convenient to use the MSXSL processor, so we # are talking XSLT 1.0. # # I have captured a node in an element: # <xsl:variable name="max-node" select="descendant::*[name()= 'system' or # name()= 'component'][position()=last()]" /> # # Now I need to know the number of ancestors this node has. What XPath # expression will give me this? Thanks. # # -- # Charles Knell # cknell@xxxxxxxxxx - email # # XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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