Re: [xsl] Testing for a following sibling node type that occurs a t a varied position

[Brian Chrisman <brian.chrisman@xxxxxx>]

Wright, Steve wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> Thanks for your suggestion. I tried implementing it, but since I am actually
> operating from w/in a for-each loop of the 'B' node, I need to test for the
> following 'A' node from the last 'B' node in each sequence somehow, and I
> didn't have any luck using the preceding-sibling function. 
>
> Any other ideas?
>
>  


root/A/preceding-sibling::B[1]/following-sibling::A[1]

This will output duplicates A's if there are multiple A's after a 
particular B...
Are there multiple A's after a particular B?  There aren't in the sample 
doc.

Brian

> Thanks again,
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 3:54 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Testing for a following sibling node type that occurs at
> a varied position
>
> Starting with <root> as the context node, you can select the marked B nodes
> using
>
> A/preceding-sibling::B[1]
>
> Michael Kay 
>
>  
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wright, Steve [mailto:Steve.Wright@xxxxxx] 
> > Sent: 29 June 2004 23:40
> > To: XSL-List@lists. mulberrytech. com 
> > (XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> > Subject: [xsl] Testing for a following sibling node type that 
> > occurs at a varied position
> >
> > I wasn't sure on how else to phrase the subject, but here is 
> > what I need
> > help in figuring out:
> >
> >
> >
> > I need to detect when a specific sibling node follows the 
> > context node in
> > the document order, the catch is that it is not always 
> > located the same
> > number of positions after the context node, if it were, 
> > something like this
> > would work: 
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > following-sibling::node()[1][self::A]
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is an XML example to illustrate my situation:
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> >
> > <root>
> >
> >            <A>text</A>
> >
> >            <B>text</B>
> >
> >            <B>text</B>
> >
> >            <B>text</B> (indicate this node based on 
> > following sibling 'A')
> >
> >            <C>text</C>
> >
> >            <C>text</C>
> >
> >            <C>text</C>
> >
> >            <A>text</A> 
> >
> >            <B>text</B>
> >
> >            <B>text</B>
> >
> >            <B>text</B>
> >
> >            <B>text</B> (indicate this node based on 
> > following sibling 'A')
> >
> >            <D>text</D>
> >
> >            <D>text</D>
> >
> >            <A>text</A>
> >
> >            <B>text</B>
> >
> >            <B>text</B> (indicate this node based on 
> > following sibling 'A')
> >
> >            <C>text</C>
> >
> >            <A>text</A>
> >
> >            <B>text</B>
> >
> >            <B>text</B>
> >
> >            <B>text</B>
> >
> >            <B>text</B> (indicate this node based on 
> > following sibling 'A')
> >
> >            <C>text</C>
> >
> >            <D>text</D>
> >
> >            <D>text</D>
> >
> >            <D>text</D>
> >
> >            <C>text</C>
> >
> >            <A>text</A>
> >
> > </root>
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > I want to implement a feature that corresponds w/ the last 
> > 'B' node that
> > occurs before the next 'A' node.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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