RE: Locate specific occurrence of element using XPath

Subject: RE: Locate specific occurrence of element using XPath
From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:40:18 +0100
> I have been having a hard time in trying to figure out if it is at all
> possible to tell XSLT to locate 4th <E> element which comes 
> right beneath
> <A>/<C> in the example below using a single XPath expression. 
> Any help or
> hint will be appreciated.
> 
> <A>
>   <B>
>     <E></E>
>     <E></E>
>     ...
>   <C>
>     <E></E>
>     <E></E>
>   </C>
>   <C>
>     <E></E>
>     <E></E>  <- I am trying to locate this element
>     <E></E>
>     <E></E>
>   </C>
>   <D>
>     <E></E>
>     <E></E>
>     ...
>   </D>
> </A>
> 
> I tried "A/C/E[4]", but apparently it does not work...

I think "(A/C/E)[4]" will get the element you want.

Mike Kay


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