Subject: Re: [xsl] trouble with preceding axis From: Peter Flynn <pflynn@xxxxxx> Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:44:20 +0000 |
On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 15:10, Jon Gorman wrote: > Hi Duane, > > > Just thought I'd offer some advice that is similar to what Michael Kay > already mentioned but thought I might elaborate a bit on. > > Given > > > <root> > > <apple/> > > <pear/> > > <orange/> > > </root> > > > > Given an xpath to orange (/root/orange) I want to reference the > > previous element which is a peer. > > The peer is a pear, very true ;). Back to the advice: > > >I tried the following with no > > success: > > > > /root/preceding::orange I think the key information the OP was missing is that this means "a preceding element *called* orange" NOT "an element preceding the one called orange". preceding-sibling::pear is what is needed. Peel me a sibling. ///Peter
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