Subject: Re: [xsl] RE: [SPAM] - RE: [xsl] RE: [SPAM] - Re: [xsl] characters in xsl - Bayesian Filter detected spam - Bayesian Filter detected spam From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:41:19 GMT |
> I haven't got it. when considering // it's important to distinguish select expressions (which use Xpath) to Match patterns (which use an XSLT-specific construct that looks a lot like a subset of Xpath, but is actually separately defined). Actually it's important to disinguish these all the time but usually people find // is the first problem case... select="foo" just selects the foo children of teh current node, and select="//foo" selects all the foo elements in the document. however match="zzzz" matches the current node if there is any node anywhere in the tree such that the Xpath zzzz evealuated at this other node would select a node set that includes the current node. so match="foo" matches any foo element anywhere as evaluating select="foo" on the parent of that node would select the foo node. similarly match="//foo" also matches any element as evaluatinng that on an ancestor of the current element will select the current element. Note // is not always redundant in match patters, just redundant at the beginning. match="a//b" matches all b elements that have a as an ancestor, as select="a//b" evaluated on the parent of a would select those b elements. David ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
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