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Re: Selecting attribute from previous parent node

2006-01-28 09:26:17
Jay Bryant wrote:

ancestor::flower[(_at_)type!='tulip']

The trouble with that is that it selects every flower node
whose type attribute does not contain 'tulip on the entire
axis. If there's more than one non-tulip flower node up
the ancestor axis, this expression will get all of them,
which will either generate errors or lead to unexpected
results. It needs the position predicate ([1]) to get the
first ancestor node (which is the most immediate node on
the axis).

So, it needs to be

ancestor::flower[1]/@type

  If I understand right the requirment, you mean:

    ancestor::flower[(_at_)type!='tulip'][1]

dont'you?

--drkm






















        

        
                
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