Subject: [xsl] Q: Kaysian set difference in pure XPath statement From: Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt <STAMMW@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:33:29 +0100 |
Hello, I saw a question on what "//*/*" means. The answer is simple, all nodes beside the root element node. This can be easily seen by this XPath expression: $ echo "<a><b><c/></b><b><c/><c/></b></a>" | xpath++ "count(//*)-count (//*/*)" - 1 $ Now I wanted to use Kaysian set difference method to output the node in "//*" which is not in "//*/*", see 1a on this page: http://www.xml.org//sites/www.xml.org/files/xslt_efficient_programming_techniques.pdf#page=3 But here two nodesets ($ns1, $ns2) are determined first before determining the set (asymmetric) difference as "$ns1[count(.|$ns2)!=count($ns2)]". Is it possible to have that as pure XPath statement? The problem is to jump out of the scope of "//*[. ...]". This does not work correctly: $ echo "<a><b><c/></b><b><c/><c/></b></a>" | xpath++ "//*[count(.| ancestor-or-self::*//*/*)!=count(ancestor-or-self::*//*/*)]" - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <a><b><c/></b><b><c/><c/></b></a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <b><c/></b> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <b><c/><c/></b> $ What is the correct XPath statement for "//* minus //*/*"? [1] https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=14511881#145 11881 Mit besten Gruessen / Best wishes, Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt Developer, XML Compiler, L3 Fixpack team lead WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/HermannSW/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Martin Jetter Geschaeftsfuehrung: Dirk Wittkopp Sitz der Gesellschaft: Boeblingen Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294
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