Re: [xsl] XPath Expression - find the first preceding-siblin

Use:

    preceding-sibling::processing-instruction('Pub')[1]

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On 3/2/06, Craig Whisenhunt <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Altova XSLT 2.0 Engine (XMLSpy2006)
>
> I want to look at preceding-siblings until I find a processing-instruction
> and assign the value of that processing-instruction to a variable with
> 'select' so I can compare it to another variable later.
>
> Sample XML:
>
> <Body>
> <Caption>
> <Para><?Pub line="2" page="1" position="820"?>the cat in the hat.</Para>
> </Caption>
> <Clause>
> <Para FirstLineIndent="7"><?Pub line="3" page="1" position="913"?>hello
> world</Para>
> </Clause>
> <Para FirstLineIndent="7"><?Pub line="4" page="1" position="1010"?> SECTION
> <HardSp/> <AutoNum/> Hi <HardSp/> <HardSp/> running around in circles <?Pub
> line="5" page="1" position="1101"?> hard to follow.</Para>
> </Body>
>
> Stylesheet Excerpt:
>
> <xsl:template match="text()|HardSp|AddedText|processing-instruction('Pub')"
> mode="skillets">
> <xsl:param name="currentPI"/>
>  <xsl:if test="preceding-sibling::*[processing-instruction('Pub')]">
>    <xsl:variable name="testPIvalue"
> select="preceding-sibling::*[processing-instruction('Pub')]"/>
>    <xsl:text>skillets!!!!</xsl:text>
>  </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
>
> XPath expression in question:
> preceding-sibling::*[processing-instruction('Pub')]
>
> Not sure if my expression is correct for what I want to do, but it doesn't
> 'find' the preceding processing-instructions.
>
> For example, when the context node is the text 'the cat in the hat', that
> XPath expression does not find the processing-instruction just before it.
> Similarly in the rest of the sample there, the expression does not find any
> of the processing-instructions no matter what the context node.
>
> Thanks,
> -Craig

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