RE: Using not(...a nd ... ) to select nodes

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com 
>
> Chris,
>
> Well, it's true I made a couple of assumptions (based on your 
> description) 
> about how your input data looks. To wit: that the values you 
> are checking 
> are all element children of the nodes you are testing (and not, for 
> example, attributes).
That is correct. They are elements and not attributes.

> Could we see a snippet of input data to confirm whether this 
> is the case?


        <items>
                <item>
                        <name>Backpack</name>
                        <type>Goods</type>
                        <carried>true</carried>
                        <cost name="gp" value="2"/>
                        <weight>2 lb.</weight>
                </item>
                <item>
                        <name>Arrows (20)</name>
                        <type>Goods</type>
                        <carried>false</carried>
                        <cost name="gp" value="1"/>
                        <weight>3 lb.</weight>
                </item>
                <item>
                        <name>Arrows (20)</name>
                        <type>Goods</type>
                        <carried>true</carried>
                        <cost name="gp" value="1"/>
                        <weight>3 lb.</weight>
                </item>
                <item>
                        <name>Arrows (20)</name>
                        <type>Goods</type>
                        <carried>true</carried>
                        <cost name="gp" value="1"/>
                        <weight>3 lb.</weight>
                </item>
                <item>
                        <name>Arrows (20)</name>
                        <type>Goods</type>
                        <carried>false</carried>
                        <cost name="gp" value="1"/>
                        <weight>3 lb.</weight>
                </item>
                <item>
                        <name>Arrows (20)</name>
                        <type>Goods</type>
                        <carried>true</carried>
                        <cost name="gp" value="1"/>
                        <weight>3 lb.</weight>
                </item>
                <item>
                        <name>Backpack</name>
                        <type>Goods</type>
                        <carried>false</carried>
                        <cost name="gp" value="2"/>
                        <weight>2 lb.</weight>
                </item>
        </items>

> Yes, it's true preceding-sibling::* returns all preceding 
> siblings. But the predicate expression filters this list. The trick is
to get 
> the filter right.
Ok.. You just went over my head there with "predicate expression", but
I'm game to learn... :)

(BTW, I realize it's "carried" and not "status" as I used in my earlier
example... I changed the example you sent to reflect the correct node
name)

Thanks toboth you and Charles for trying to figure my
blatherings/problem out.

Chris



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