Re: [xsl] how to xpath the *value* of an attribute based on value of other attribute in same element

[George Cristian Bina <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dan,

dan haig wrote:
> Turns out you are right - I had been using oxygen's xpath evaluator
> and it kept returning the whole node rather than the attribute value I
> wanted, and I perhaps foolishly trusted to that. 

oXygen gives the following result for selecting the attribute with
/xtf:snippets/xtf:snippet/@hitNum

SystemID: /Users/george/test/test.xml
Severity: info
Description: /xtf:snippets[1]/xtf:snippet[1]/@hitNum - 5
Start location: 2:4
End location: 2:49

and it highlights the start tag if you click in the result.

If the element is selected with /xtf:snippets/xtf:snippet then it gives

SystemID: /Users/george/test/test.xml
Severity: info
Description: /xtf:snippets[1]/xtf:snippet[1] - MS Clark Library, 
University of        . 40 Albion Street Broadstairs |
Start location: 2:4
End location: 7:18

and it highlights the whole element, up to the end of its end tag if you 
click on the result.

I hope this helps you identify when you have the whole node or an 
attribute value.

Best Regards,
George
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