Re: [xsl] Getting variable yet most immediate parentNode

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wendell Piez wrote:
> At 11:56 AM 9/28/2007, Steve wrote:
> > <!-- Doesn't work. Ignores all @name -->
> > <xsl:value-of select="(@name|.)[1]" />
>
> This won't work since the current node will always precede any @name 
> attribute in document order. Try select="(.|@name)[last()]" (which 
> adds the value of the @name attribute, if there is one, in preference 
> to the value of the node) or the more explicit (but slightly different)

Indeed, thanks for making that clear to Steve, Wendell. I changed my 
XSLT 2.0 code (@name, .)[1]  to XSLT 1.0 code (@name | .)[1], which is 
of course too hastily. Using last() is what he needs there.

Cheers,
-- Abel Braaksma