Re: [xsl] the nearest ancestor with the attribute

Subject: Re: [xsl] the nearest ancestor with the attribute
From: Jeni Tennison <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:45:42 +0000
Mike Kay wrote:
>>   ancestor::*/@attr[last()]
>>
>> At least I *think* that's right ;)
>
> No, I don't think it is. This expression will return a set consisting of the
> last @attr attribute of each ancestor element. An element can only have one
> @attr attribute so saying you want its last one is pointless.
>
> (ancestor::*/@attr)[last()] will select the last in document order (i.e. the
> innermost available attribute).

Oh yeah, that's what I meant to say :)

Jeni

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