Re: [xsl] the nearest ancestor with the attribute

> Actually isn't it
> 
>     ancestor::*[@attr][1]/@attr

yes, although usually people want to do this to get "inherited" values,
in which case,it wants to be:

 ancestor-or-self::*[@attr][1]/@attr

or

 (ancestor-or-self::*/@attr)[last()]

which coincidentally is exactly the same length (for this attribute
name).

David

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