Re: [xsl] Get preceding sibling name issue

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

On 14/04/2008, Don Don <progwihz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all I am trying to get the last preceding sibiling
>  name for the <atext> element using the following xsl
>  code
>
>
>  The example in senario 1 works but that of senario 2
>  dosent work.  Anyway I can fix this ?  I need to get
>  the preceding name of the <atext> element in senario 2
>  (which should be spara1)
>
>  Cheers
>
>  senario 1
>  -----------------------------
>
>  <xsl:variable name="precedeName" select
>  ="(name(./preceding-sibling::apara1 [last()]))" />
>   Value: <xsl:value-of select="$precedeName" />
>
>  <docg>
>     <apara1>xxx<apara1>
>     <apara1>xxx<apara1>
>     <apara1>xxx<apara1>
>     <atext>hello</atext>
>  </docg>
>
>  senario 2
>  -----------------------------
>
>  <xsl:variable name="precedeName2" select
>  ="(name(./preceding-sibling::spara1 [last()]))" />
>   Value: <xsl:value-of select="$precedeName2" />
>
>  <docg>
>  <apara1>
>     <spara1>xxx</spara1>
>     <spara1>xxx</spara1>
>     <spara1>xxx</spara1>
>     <spara1>xxx</spara1>
>     <atext>hello</atext>
>  <apara1>
>  </docg>

Odd examples for 2 reasons:

- You're asking for the name of the element that you've selected by name

- The first and last elements on the preceding-sibling axis have the
same name, so how will your example show that you have selected the
correct element?

Anyway, the likely answer is that the context node in scenario 2 is
different because the elements are a level deeper - they are children
of <apara1> rather than <docg> as in the first example.


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