RE: [xsl] XPATH question

Subject: RE: [xsl] XPATH question
From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 21:52:37 +0100

> Now, I can do this if I select the sumStat matching my 
> criteria and then its 
> parent, something like 
> select="fullPathToSumStat/sumStat[@type='vald'][. 
> &gt; 4]/parent::*" (untested)
> 
> but is there some way to do this avoiding using an axis?

You can't do anything in XPath without using an axis, but you can avoid
going down and then back up:

fullPathToSumStat[sumStat[@type='vald'][. &gt; 4]]

This expression uses the child axis twice, the attribute axis once, and
the self axis once.

Michael Kay


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[xsl] XPATH question I-Lin Kuo - Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:53 -0400 Lars Huttar - Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:35:10 -0500 Michael Kay - Thu, 7 Aug 2003 21:52:37 +0100 <= <Possible follow-ups> Andrew Welch - Thu, 7 Aug 2003 17:05:08 +0100

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