Subject: RE: [xsl] the nearest ancestor with the attribute From: DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:24:45 -0000 |
> > Hm. About this, see XPath 2.4. ancestor is a reverse axis. > I don't see > > anything here that changes the order to document order. > > You're absolutely right that the ancestor axis is a reverse axis. If > you were using: > > ancestor::*[1]/@attr > > you'd be fine (aside from the fact that you'd be stuffed if the node's > parent didn't have a 'attr' attribute). However, the last axis used in > the XPath is the 'attribute' axis, which takes you back to document > order again. To get the last one, use: > > ancestor::*/@attr[last()] > > At least I *think* that's right ;) I wish someone would do a clear exemplified piece on this for the faq. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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