Re: [xsl] Equivalence between XSL and XPath expression

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But the expression can be generalized,

count(./ancestor-or-self::*)+count(./preceding::*)

so it gives at least 1, the self.

David Carlisle wrote:

> > How can the XPath return 0, if has a context node (.) and has the self 
> > axis in ancestor-or-self? This way it has to return at least 1!
> >    
>
> In general the context node might not be a menu element (although
> probably you know it is such an element at the place you want to use this)
>
> David
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