Re: [xsl] ../preceding-sibling/SubDiv1" does not seem to work

[Fred Christian <fredc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I believe my current context to be inside the second <level2>since 
> value-of select="SubDiv1" gives me the contents  of the second SubDiv1.
1st, both of your <SubDiv1>'s are the same, so the value-of doesn't 
work, But in case this is a typo and you meant.
"since value-of select="SubDiv2" gives me the contents  of the second 
SubDiv2

Then I think you want. (preceding-sibling::Level2/SubDiv1 = SubDiv1)  
instead of (../preceding-sibling/SubDiv1 = SubDiv1)

This assumes there are no other <Level2> nodes in the preceding-sibling 
axis. To handle that condition, you could try this
(preceding-sibling::Level2[1]/SubDiv1 = SubDiv1)
> I now want to know if the two SubDiv1 elements are identical or 
> different. I tried ../preceding-sibling/SubDiv1 = SubDiv1, but the 
> first part of the expression does not work. What have I misunderstood?
> Thanks,
> Mark 
If that doesn't work, I would have to see more of the surrounding xslt.