Re: [xsl] targeting the last element in a node or consecutive elements

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Emily,

This is a double post, you already opened this discussion under 
"suppressing only the last PI" (which differed in details, however).

If I may, it appears that you want to do this:

<somenode>
   <node1 />
   <?instr1?>
   <node2 />
   <?instr2?>
   <?instr3?>
</somenode>

1. Process node1, instr1, node2 etc
2. Do something before instr2 and instr3 (being consecutively and 
together at the end of a node)
3. Process instr2 and instr3
(if instr2 and instr3 were not there, you want to skip processing step 2 
and 3?)

Am i right? Please confirm (and/or give your sample input, to make the 
subject easier)

Cheers,
-- Abel

Emily.Garrett@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm trying to use xsl:apply templates to grab the entire content of a
> node, except for any PIs that may be at the very end of the node.  I can
> see how position()=last() can be used to refer to the very last PI, but
> how would I refer to possibly 2 or 3 PIs that are at the end of the node
> (not knowing what they are or how many), but still process PIs that are
> contained elsewhere in this content?   Is there some syntax that refers
> to consecutive elements or refers to an element that is the last one in
> a node, not knowing what element it is?
>
> Here is explanation for what I'm trying to do:   
>
> Process all content, unless they are PIs that occur consecutively at the
> very end of the node.
>
> Then I have to insert an element, then process these PIs that occur
> consecutively at the very end of the node.
>
> I'm having trouble narrowing down my research on this one.  Does anyone
> have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Emily