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RE: [xsl] Big long xpath, almost there, but not quite

2009-04-16 14:21:44

Your expression is

count (A or B or C or D or E) >= 4

But (A or B or C or D or E) is a boolean, and the count() of a single
boolean value is always 1.

Try count((boolean(A), boolean(B), boolean(C), boolean(D), boolean(E))[.])
= 4

The unusual predicate [.] selects those booleans in the sequence that are
true.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

 

-----Original Message-----
From: russurquhart1(_at_)verizon(_dot_)net 
[mailto:russurquhart1(_at_)verizon(_dot_)net] 
Sent: 16 April 2009 19:03
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Big long xpath, almost there, but not quite



I want to thank everybody for their help on this. Michael 
Kay, thaks for your help very much. I entered the following 
Xpath. It is getting there, but it still is not quite right.

//GenTable[count(entry[Emphasis[normalize-space(.) = 'Address 
Offset' and @type='bold'] or 
Emphasis[normalize-space(.)='Physical Address' and 
@type='bold'] or Emphasis[normalize-space(.)='Instance' and 
@type='bold'] or Emphasis[normalize-space(.)='Description' 
and @type='bold'] or Emphasis[normalize-space(.)='Type' and 
@type='bold'] ]) >= 4]

When i use this, as i would like at least 4 entry element 
that match the conditions above, hopefully 5, i would think 
this should do the trick and return the GenTable elements 
that contain them.

When i run it, however, i get no GenTable elements. When i 
remove the count() function, i get no GenTable elements. When 
i change the 4 9the minimum match value, to something smaller 
like 1) i get no GenTable elements. When i change the number 
4 to 0, i get ALL the GenTable elements.

I would have thought that removing the count() function would 
have given me all the GenTable elements containing those 
entry elements.

Could someone explain a little about this? The reasoning 
seems sound, i just don't know why it is doing what it is!

thanks again,


Russ

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