Re: [xsl] Position() Function Using Filter

Subject: Re: [xsl] Position() Function Using Filter
From: "Imsieke, Gerrit, le-tex" <gerrit.imsieke@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:01:13 +0200
On 2011-10-28 20:17, Liam R E Quin wrote:
On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 10:27 -0400, Murray McDonald wrote:
If you are sure that there will be one and only one "match" then the '[1]'
is unnecessary

index-of(//book, //book[ends-with(., 'ASTRO_00007.JPG')])[1]

On the other hand, the difference between /a/b/c[1] and (/a/b/c)[1] is a major source of confusion for the newcomer and the "perpetual intermediate" [1] alike.

Thanks for confusing the perpetual intermediate with a [1] that looks like a positional predicate but that actually is a citation link. Pun intended?



Sometimes you have to make the computer work a little harder if it means getting the right answer more often.

Agree [+1].


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