Re: [xsl] XPath preceding

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rick,

On 4/9/2012 11:09 AM, Rick Quatro wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to find a particular element that is anywhere before the current
> element like this:
>
> preceding::case-cite
>
> This works if the two elements have the same parent, but I want to match an
> element anywhere before the current element. For example, if the context is
> the<case-cite-2nd>  element, I want to find a<case-cite>  element anywhere
> in the structure previous to the<case-cite-2nd>  element.

preceding::case-cite will do this.

preceding-sibling::case-cite will limit the traversal to siblings of the 
context node.

If the preceding:: axis isn't working for you, please show us more code.

Cheers,
Wendell

> <root>
>    <section>
>      <para>
>        <case-cite/>
>      </para>
>      <para>
>        <case-cite-2nd/>
>      </para>
>    </section>
> </root>
>
> Thanks in advance.

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