[xsl] Deepest element in the tree

Subject: [xsl] Deepest element in the tree
From: "Rick Quatro rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:46:06 -0000
Hi,

I am trying to find the deepest, last element in an xml file. When I use
this xpath 1.0 statement:

//*[last()]

it returns all nine of the last elements. I want to get the <p>4</p> element
because it is the last of the last. Note that I don't know ahead of time
what element name it will be. I tried this

//*[last()][last()]

but it still returns all of them. Any help would be appreciated. Here is my
xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<topic>
    <body>
        <p>
            <ul>
                <li>
                    <p>1</p>
                </li>
                <li>
                    <p>2</p>
                </li>
                <li>
                    <p>3</p>
                </li>
                <li>
                    <p>4</p>
                </li>
            </ul>
        </p>
    </body>
</topic>

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-366-4017
rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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