Re: [xsl] some XPath please ?

[Sheila Ellen Thomson <coder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Fabien,

Try //tag2[not(parent::tag1)]

Sheila



On 23/06/10 08:03, Fabien Tillier wrote:
> Please, Ignore the 3D, it is a character converted by outlook when switching to text only...
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Fabien Tillier [mailto:f.tillier@xxxxxxxx]
> EnvoyC) : mercredi 23 juin 2010 08:51
> C : xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Objet : [xsl] some XPath please ?
>
> Hi List.
> Suppose I get a (simple) XML
> <xml>
> <tag1>
>   <tag2>
>    <tag3/>
>    <tag3/>
>   </tag2>
>   <tag2>
>    <tag3/>
>    <tag3/>
>    <tag3/>
>   </tag2>
> </tag1>
> <tag2>
>   <tag3/>
>   <tag3/>
> </tag2>
> <tag2>
>   <tag3/>
>   <tag3/>
>   <tag3/>
> </tag2>
> </xml>
>
> What if I want to select all tag2 elements that did not have a tag1
> above ?
> I have tried
>
> "//tag2[parent::node!=3D'tag1']/*"
>
> But it gets all ...
>
> And
>
> "//tag2[parent::node!=3Dtag1]/*"
>
> Gets nothing
>
> (and I would prefer not using the higher level nodes like /xml/tag2
> against /xml/tag1/tag2)
>
> Thanks in advance !
> Regards,
> Fabien