Michael Kay wrote:
[Lars wrote:]
In order for your code to work, current() in the select
expression of a for-each loop must refer to the <item> node
currently being tested for whether it gets selected, right?
If so, is this the way xsl:for-each / xpath work? I realize
that INSIDE the for-each, current() refers to the node
currently being processed, but is that also true in the
select expression of the for-each? Or does current() there
refer to the context node outside the for-each?
current() always refers to the node that "." would refer to if you
replaced the whole XPath expression containing the call on current()
with ".".
Thank you. In other words, if I understand right, current() in the
select expression of a for-each gives the context node as it
is outside the for-each.
So in this case,
[xsl:for-each]
select="items/item[not(preceding-sibling::*
[name=current()/name and
type = current()/type and
status = current()/status])]"
current() does not give what we would want if we were trying to
find all unique items. Right (Wendell)?
I think that's why I was confused...
Lars
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