Subject: Re: [xsl] Where is 'intersect' Operator Defined in XPath 3? From: "Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:40:06 -0000 |
Thanks, Ken, Seems really nice. So we could have a path with unlimited length, each step of which is a call to the key() function where the 2nd argument is an expression relative to the nodes selected by the previous step. Thanks, Dimitre On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 10:29 AM G. Ken Holman g.ken.holman@xxxxxxxxx < xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Perhaps are you missing that the @d would be > relative to the results of the LHS instead of the current node? > > At 2022-08-15 17:23 +0000, Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > BTW to this day most XPathers do not know you > > can do key('a',@b)/key('c',@d) ... for this > > reason a good Quick Ref has examples > > > >Isn't this equivalent to just: > > > >C C key('c',@d)C > > > >or am I missing something? > > > >Thanks, > >Dimitre > > > >On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 7:34 AM Wendell Piez > ><mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ><<mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >wrote: > >Friends, I am coming in late (after a week by > >scenicC Lake Otsego, without email), with apologies -- > > > >Of course, the solution is an updated QuickRef > >such as Mulberry's Quick References (back in the > >day), and yes, good examples of this kind of > >thing are works of art. I hesitate to mention > >this only because I am not volunteering to do any actual work this time. > :-) > > > >But a hand-held printable "Dungeon master's > >guide" cheat sheet to go with whatever Norm is > >working on, would be fantabulous (wouldn't it)? > > > >BTW to this day most XPathers do not know you > >can do key('a',@b)/key('c',@d) ... for this > >reason a good Quick Ref has examples > > > ><https://mulberrytech.com/quickref/xpath2.pdf> > https://mulberrytech.com/quickref/xpath2.pdf > >(by Sam, me, Debbie and Tommie?) - evidently, > >both page-printable and online-browsable forms > >present actual design problems. Think about how > >it should look on a handheld device, for example. > > > >Cheers, Wendell > > > > > > > > > >On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 3:36 AM Norm Tovey-Walsh > ><mailto:ndw@xxxxxxxxxx>ndw@xxxxxxxxxx > ><<mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >wrote: > > > In my abundant ignorance of the editorial process I assumed that at > > > least each function (nd other component) of the language would have a > > > few paras of explanation; but specifically would occupy something like > > > a <sect*> to itself at some level, with the name of the function in > > > the <title>, or perhaps as the xml:id.C It is then trivial to list > > > them all, with a view to indexing, checking, assigning to > > > subcommittees, etc. But perhaps I have been working with structured > > > document systems for too long :-) > > > >ThatC"b,b"s certainly the case, thereC"b,b"s a lot of valuable information in > the > >markup that we can use to improve access to the specs. > > > >C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Be seeing you, > >C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C norm > > > >-- > >Norman Tovey-Walsh <<mailto:ndw@xxxxxxxxxx>ndw@xxxxxxxxxx> > >https://nwalsh.com/ > > > > > Science is not a tradition, it is the organized use of evidence from > > > the real world to make inferences about the real worldbmeaningg the > real > > > universe, which is, in Carl SaganC"b,b"s words, all that is, or ever was, > or > > > ever will be.--Richard Dawkins > > > > > > > >-- > >...Wendell Piez... ...wendell -at- nist -dot- gov... > >...wendellpiez.com... ...pellucidliterature.org... ...pausepress.org... > >...<http://github.com/wendellpiez.>github.com/wendellpiez... > >...gitlab.coko.foundation/wendell... > ><http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list>XSL-List info and archive > ><http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/782854>EasyUnsubscribe > >(by email) > > > > > > > > > >C > ><http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list>XSL-List info and archive > ><http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/96802>EasyUnsubscribe > >(<>by email) > > > -- > Contact info, blog, articles, etc. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ | > Check our site for free XML, XSLT, XSL-FO and UBL developer resources | > Streaming hands-on XSLT/XPath 2 training class @US$125 (5 hours free) | > Essays (UBL, XML, etc.) http://www.linkedin.com/today/author/gkholman |
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