Re: Determining the set of attribute values

[nigel.byrnes@xxxxxxxxxxx]

David Carlise wrote:
>> <!-- Store the set of URLs in $urls -->
>> <x:variable name="urls" select="//a/@href[not(.=following::a/@href)]"/>
>> When I step through the variable however, it is clear that the
>> variable contents do not constitute a set.  
> >
>
> If you use the select attribute as above the variable _does_ hold a node set.
>
> In what way were you `stepping through' it?

Should $urls be printed out with a for-each loop, then i get nodes with repeated values. 

<x:for-each select="$urls">
 <x:value-of select="."/>
</x:for-each>

do you get the same behaviour? Could it be a querk of Xeena's XSLT engine?

Nigel

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