Subject: RE: [xsl] xpath confusion From: Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 12:59:30 +0300 |
Hi, > With the following xml: > > <Root> > <Keys> > <Client id="abc"> > <a /> > <!-- a /--> > <b /> > </Client> > </Keys> > </Root> > > XPath: "Root/Keys/Client[@id="abc"]/ descendant-or-self::node()" > selects 4 nodes > > XPath: "Root/Keys/Client[@id="abc"]/ descendant-or-self::comment()" > selects 1 node > > XPath: "Root/Keys/Client[@id="abc"]/ descendant-or-self::text()" > selects 0 nodes. > > Please can someone explain to me why the last xpath doesn't > select 3 nodes. Because you have whitespace stipping turned on. It the whitespace was preserved, the first expression should return 8 and the third one 4. > I would like to select the 3 nodes <Client>, <a /> and <b />. Root/Keys/Client[@id="abc"]/descendant-or-self::* Cheers, Jarno - Various Artists: Leather Strip - Lies to Tell (Mix by Lights of Euphoria) XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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