RE: [xsl] How to select either ElementA -OR- ElementB in an axis

["Aron Bock" <aronbock@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<xsl:variable name="myvar" select="ancestor::(ElementA |  
ElementB)[1]/foo/bar"/>

--A

> From: chris <oneskiingfool@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: xslt <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [xsl] How to select either ElementA -OR- ElementB in an axis
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:35:16 -0600
>
> Hello,
> This has me stumped.  I want to do something simple like this (I'll
> keep it short as I think it's self-explanatory)....
>
> <xsl:variable name="myvar" select="ancestor::(ElementA or 
> ElementB)/foo/bar"/>
>
> ... where either ElementA or ElementB is selected, whichever is first.
>
> Any ideas?   I'm using XPath 2.0
>
> Thanks!

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