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Subject: RE: [xsl] Getting the deepest node and calculating relative paths
From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:19:32 -0000
> I need to transform an XML that looks like:
> 
> <Root>
> 	<Paths>
> 		<Path value="/Catalog/Department/Product/SKU"/>
> 		<Path value="/Catalog/Department/@dept_id"/>
> 		<Path value="/Catalog/Department/Product/Name"/>
> 		<Path value="/Catalog/Department/Product/Price"/>
> 		<Path value="/Catalog/Department/Product/Variant/Name"/>
> 	</Paths>
> </Root>
> 
> to something that looks like:
> 
> <Root>
> 	
> <LongestPath>/Catalog/Department/Product/Variant/Name</LongestPath>

Would counting the number of "/" characters give you the right answer?
You can do that as

string-length($path) - string-length(translate($path, '/', ''))

Mike Kay 

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