first-of-type

["Clark C. Evans" <clark.evans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello.  I'm looking for the replacement for
the 'first-of-type' predicate.

Input:

  <p>
     <x> content for first x </x>
     <y> content for first y </y>
     <y> content for second y </y>
     <z> content for first z </z>
  <p>

I'd like output:

<table>
<tr><td>x</td><td>content for first x  </td></tr>
<tr><td>y</td><td>content for first y  </td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>content for second y </td></tr>
<tr><td>z</td><td>content for first z  </td></tr>
</table>

I can generate <table> and </table> on a template
for <p>.  Also, I seem to be able to do special
things for x and z using first() and last().  However,
I can't figure out how to differentiate between the
first y and the second y.

BTW, it seems that these predicates (first-of-type/last-of-type)
are horribly useful, why did they get nuked?

Thanks!

Clark Evans


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