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Subject: Re: [xsl] Xpath expression with " | "
From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:36:12 +0100
Hi,

> i found on an old xsl an "Xpath" expression like this:
>
> <xsl:if test=" /AAA /BBB/( CCC | EEE ) [ . != '']">
>       <xsl:apply-template.........

You can't have union expressions within steps in XPath 1.0. You need
to do:

  (/AAA/BBB/CCC | /AAA/BBB/EEE)[. != '']

Ironically, unions in steps is legal (again?) in XPath 2.0...

Cheers,

Jeni

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