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Re: [xsl] with XPath 1.0, select all following sibling elements of name "foo" up to the first non-"foo" element

2021-02-18 13:37:18
self::a:b is namespace-sensitive.
name(.)='a:b' is not namespace-sensitive.

Namespace sensitivity always is preferred.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . Ken

At 2021-02-18 18:43 +0000, Wolfhart Totschnig wolfhart(_dot_)totschnig(_at_)mail(_dot_)udp(_dot_)cl wrote:
Hello again,

Thank you, Wendell!

The proposed solutions leave me with two questions:


1) Is there a way to do what I originally had in mind, i.e., go forward to the first non-"foo" sibling and from there go backwards, taking all the "foo" siblings up to the current node? Asked differently, can the following XPath expression be fixed?

following-sibling::*[not(self::source)][1]/preceding-sibling::*[self::source][preceding-sibling::current()]

Specifically, can "preceding-sibling::current()" be fixed?


2) Liam's and Wendell's proposals involve the expression [name()=...], whereas I have used [self:: ...]. Are these strictly equivalent, or is there a reason to prefer the one over the other?


Thanks again for your help!
Wolfhart


On 18-02-21 13:06, Wendell Piez <mailto:wapiez(_at_)wendellpiez(_dot_)com>wapiez(_at_)wendellpiez(_dot_)com wrote:
Hi,

With a sequence of variable declarations:

<xsl:variable name="name" select="name()"/>
<xsl:variable name="followers" select="following-sibling::*[name()=$name]"/>
<xsl:variable name="interlopers" select="following-sibling::*[not(name()=$name)] | following-sibling::*[not(name()=$name)]/following-sibling::*"/> <xsl:variable name="invited" select=". | $followers[not(count(.|$interlopers)=count($interlopers))]"/>

Note: untested.

Good luck,
Wendell
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On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 8:32 PM Wolfhart Totschnig <mailto:wolfhart(_dot_)totschnig(_at_)mail(_dot_)udp(_dot_)cl>wolfhart(_dot_)totschnig(_at_)mail(_dot_)udp(_dot_)cl <<mailto:xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
Dear list,

I am facing an XPath problem for which I cannot find the solution. I
want to select all following sibling elements of name "foo" up to the
first non-"foo" element. So, in the following case, the first two <foo>
elements should be selected:

<foo/>
<foo/>
<bar/>
<foo/>

In the following case, all three <foo> elements should be selected:

<foo/>
<foo/>
<foo/>

And in the following case, nothing should be selected:

<bar/>
<foo/>
<foo/>

I came up with the following non-working approach:

             <xsl:choose>
             <xsl:when test="not(following-sibling::*[not(self::foo)])">                 <xsl:value-of select="following-sibling::*"/>
                 </xsl:when>
                 <xsl:otherwise>
                     <xsl:value-of
select="following-sibling::*[not(self::source)][1]/preceding-sibling::*[self::source][preceding-sibling::current()]"/>
                 </xsl:otherwise>
             </xsl:choose>

That is, test whether there are non-"foo" following siblings. If there
are none, take all following siblings. If there are, go forward to the
first non-"foo" sibling, and from there go backwards, taking all the
"foo" siblings up to the current node.

But this does not work. Apparently, the expression
"preceding-sibling::current()" is not a valid construct. So what is the
correct way to do what I have in mind (or a simpler solution, if there
is one). Please note that this stylesheet needs to be executed by a web
browser, and so the solution has to remain within XPath 1.0.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Wolfhart


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