Subject: Re: [xsl] Select All Except First and Last From: Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt <STAMMW@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 10:07:54 +0100 |
> However, the people who answered, including myself, wanted to provide > either shorter and more efficient expressions, or expressions that are > funny and thus memorable. extent[following-sibling::extent and preceding-sibling::extent] Mit besten Gruessen / Best wishes, Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt Level 3 support for XML Compiler team and Fixpack team lead WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/HermannSW/ https://twitter.com/HermannSW/ http://www.stamm-wilbrandt.de/frameless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: Martina Koederitz Geschaeftsfuehrung: Dirk Wittkopp Sitz der Gesellschaft: Boeblingen Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Date: 12/03/2013 06:20 AM Subject: Re: [xsl] Select All Except First and Last On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Houghton,Andrew <houghtoa@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Maybe I'm missing something about the question that was asked, but why wouldn't the following work? > > extent[position( ) gt 1 and position( ) lt last( )] I don't see anybody in this thread saying that this expression produces incorrect result. It indeed produces the wanted result. However, the people who answered, including myself, wanted to provide either shorter and more efficient expressions, or expressions that are funny and thus memorable. Do note that in the above expression "position()" occurs twice -- this obviously making the expression not one of the shortest possible. In SQL there is a "BETWEEN" operator (though, if I am not wrong, it is *inclusive*). In XPath there isn't exact counterpart of "BETWEEN", thus this is more verbosely written either as the conjunction of two comparisons, or what corresponds to the SQL "x NOT IN(v1, v2)" -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. --------------------------------------- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk ------------------------------------- Never fight an inanimate object ------------------------------------- To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all ------------------------------------ Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. ------------------------------------- You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play ------------------------------------- To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. ------------------------------------- Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. ------------------------------------- Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they write all patents, too? :) ------------------------------------- I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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