Re: [xsl] Combine content of separate elements

["Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/17/06, Per Osnes <per.osnes@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a follow-up question to Michael's answer/explanation (below).
> Is there any difference between these:
>
> a) select="following-sibling::*[self::para|self::para2][1][self::para2]
> b) select="following-sibling::*[self::para2][1]
>
> Or rather:
> a) the first following sibling that is a para or para2, provided it is a
> para2.
> b) the first following sibling that is a para2
>
> I try to see the reason for using the first alternative, but am not able
> to...

(a) will only select the next <para2> element if it comes before the
next <para> element, (b) will simply select the next <para2>

It's actually a really impressive way of doing it...