Subject: RE: [xsl] selecting the nearest preceding sibling From: Mukul <mukulw3@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 09:22:23 -0700 (PDT) |
Hi Jarno , Thanks a lot. I can get the desired o/p with your syntax.. Regards, Mukul --- Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > > OK - the node set of all the preceding siblings > which > > fit the criterium is given by > > > > preceding-sibling::tag[a] > > > > The nearest preceding sibling fitting the > criterium is > > the last one in that nodeset (the nodes are always > in > > document order)... that is, > > > > preceding-sibling::tag[a and last()] > > Wrong. Simple "last()" will always evaluate to a > positive number, thus the above will compile to > > preceding-sibling::tag[a] > > Furthermore, nodes are always *processed* in > document order, but preceding-sibling is a preceding > axis and > > preceding-sibling::tag[a and position() = last()] > > will select the first node in document order. You > can use > > (preceding-sibling::tag[a])[position() = last()] > > and then you'd get the first preceding sibling. Evan > Lenz wrote an article about this stuff > <http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200201/msg00108.html>. > > Cheers, > > Jarno - neuroticfish: wakemeup! (club-edit) > > XSL-List info and archive: > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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