Aren't you just saying you want the last element in document order, which is
(//*)[last()]
Michael Kay
Saxonica
On 24 Aug 2016, at 21:01, Rick Quatro rick(_at_)rickquatro(_dot_)com
<xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
As I look at this, I don't think my subject line is quite accurate. I
actually need the deepest element on the last branch. See even if the
<p>3</p> element had a lot of ancestors, I would still want the <p>4</p>
element.
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Subject: [xsl] Deepest element in the tree
Hi,
I am trying to find the deepest, last element in an xml file. When I use
this xpath 1.0 statement:
//*[last()]
it returns all nine of the last elements. I want to get the <p>4</p> element
because it is the last of the last. Note that I don't know ahead of time
what element name it will be. I tried this
//*[last()][last()]
but it still returns all of them. Any help would be appreciated. Here is my
xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<topic>
<body>
<p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>1</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>3</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>4</p>
</li>
</ul>
</p>
</body>
</topic>
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-366-4017
rick(_at_)frameexpert(_dot_)com
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