Re: [xsl] Using XPATH axis within a recursive structure to match a descendent node

[ben senior <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Michael. I'm sorry I didn't realise that myself!

Ben

Michael Kay wrote:

> In XPath 2.0,
>
> .//load except .//gui//load
>
> or 
>
> for $this in . return $this//load[ancestor::gui[1] is $this]
>
> This is a peculiar construct needed because XPath does not have real
> variables; in XQuery you could write
>
> let $this := .
> return $this//load[ancestor::gui[1] is $this]
>
> In XSLT (1.0 or 2.0) you could write
>
> .//load[ancestor::gui[1] is current()]
>
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>
>
>
>
>  
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ben senior [mailto:ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: 21 February 2005 15:15
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] Using XPATH axis within a recursive structure 
> > to match a descendent node
> >
> > I'm afraid I couldn't think of a better title!
> >
> > Take a look at the xml below. The goal is to match the load tags of 0 
> > and 1, but NOT 2.
> > I need an expression which matches ALL load tags that are 
> > descendents of 
> > the current gui tag, but not contained within descendent gui 
> > tags! Does 
> > that make sense to anybody?
> >
> > i.e. descendant::load will also match 2, which I do not want. 
> > How might 
> > I approach this? Any ideas?
> >
> > <gui>
> >    <load>                                        
> > ........................*0
> >       something
> >    </load>
> >    <p> blah
> >          <b>
> >                blah
> >                   <load>                                 
> > ........................*1
> >                      else
> >                   </load>
> >                   <gui>
> >                         <load>                                 
> > ........................*2
> >                            <again
> >                         </load>
> >                   </gui>
> >          </b>
> >    </p>
> > </gui>
> >
> > Kindest Regards,
> >
> > Ben