Re: [xsl] XPath - excluding specified childNodes from result nodeList

[Sascha Mantscheff <922492@xxxxxx>]

Maybe you want:
   //*[name()='a' or ancestor::a][not(name()='c')]

Steven schrieb:
> Hi there,
>
> Hope this isn't an inappropriate post - I'm new to XSL and XPath, and
> am currently using the PHP implementation of XPath 1.0. I've searched
> around the net but can't seem to find an appropriate way to solve the
> following XPath problem.
>
> I'm simply trying to exclude a specified child node from being within
> the nodeList created by my expression e.g.
>
>
>
> <document>
> <a>
>      <b>
>      </b>
>      <c>
>      </c>
> </a>
> </document>
>
> Select node 'a' but remove child 'c' from the result set.
>
> Any tips appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve