Re: [xsl] xslt spec - or condition

[Francis Norton <francis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

You can make more sense of this if you fill in the hidden blanks.

subbu@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I was going through the XSLT Spec and found the following line there
>
> "chapter|appendix matches any chapter element and any appendix element"
>  
I would read that as "chapter  |  appendix matches any chapter element 
and [it matches] any appendix element"

> what catches me is that the above line reads chapter and appendix
>
> when i would have thot that '|' would be more close to 'or' than 'and'.
> i thot it shud read chapter or appendix.
>  
Yes, it's a bit weird that you could use "and" or "or" and interpret the 
sentance in the same way in each case. You could make the "or" version 
distinct as - "chapter | appendix matches any element which is a chapter 
or an appendix".

Hope this helps -

Francis.

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