[xsl] Big long xpath, almost there, but not quite

Subject: [xsl] Big long xpath, almost there, but not quite
From: russurquhart1@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:02:59 -0500 (CDT)
I want to thank everybody for their help on this. Michael Kay, thaks for your help very much. I entered the following Xpath. It is getting there, but it still is not quite right.

//GenTable[count(entry[Emphasis[normalize-space(.) = 'Address Offset' and @type='bold'] or 
Emphasis[normalize-space(.)='Physical Address' and @type='bold'] or 
Emphasis[normalize-space(.)='Instance' and @type='bold'] or 
Emphasis[normalize-space(.)='Description' and @type='bold'] or 
Emphasis[normalize-space(.)='Type' and @type='bold'] ]) >= 4]

When i use this, as i would like at least 4 entry element that match the conditions above, hopefully 5, i would think this should do the trick and return the GenTable elements that contain them.

When i run it, however, i get no GenTable elements. When i remove the count() function, i get no GenTable elements. When i change the 4 9the minimum match value, to something smaller like 1) i get no GenTable elements. When i change the number 4 to 0, i get ALL the GenTable elements.

I would have thought that removing the count() function would have given me all the GenTable elements containing those entry elements.

Could someone explain a little about this? The reasoning seems sound, i just don't know why it is doing what it is!

thanks again,


Russ

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