Hi,
"not(some $b in ($B//*) satisfies ($b is $A))"
(oh Roger came up with that.)
or nicer?
"empty($A intersect $B//*)"
XPath 1.0:
"count($B/**) = count($B//* | $A)"
Cheers, Wendell
On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 8:23 AM, Costello, Roger L.
costello(_at_)mitre(_dot_)org
<xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
Hi Folks,
The variable $A contains an element.
The variable $B contains an element.
I need an XPath expression that determines if $B is not contained in $A.
This XPath expression seems to work:
not(index-of($B/ancestor::*,$A))
but that seems awful, i.e., not straightforward, convoluted, and probably
inefficient.
Is there a better (simpler, straightforward, efficient) XPath expression?
/Roger
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