"David" == M David Peterson <m(_dot_)david(_at_)mdptws(_dot_)com> writes:
David> Colin defined it perfectly... use his definition to base
David> your understanding on.
Actually, I think my definition was far from perfect.
Origin rather than context item, is a better definition.
The difference:
in fred//jim
means, starting from the context item, select child nodes named fred,
and then select all descendants named jim.
whereas //jim means all nodes named jim that are descendants of the
document root.
and .//jim means all nodes named jim that are descendants of the
context node.
rather incosistent syntax, I think, but you quickly get used to it.
--
Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire
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