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Subject: [xsl] Xpath to count occurances within a single parent
From: "David White" <davidw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:57 -0500
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Hello all,
I have the following XML structure
<book>
<chapter>
<caution/>
<caution/>
<caution/>
</chapter>
<chapter>
<sect1>
<caution/>
</sect1>
<caution/>
<caution/>
</chapter>
</book>
What I need is an XPATH statement that counts the number of preceding
cautions in each chapter. From any given chapter element.
EXAMPLE:
count(preceding::caution)!= 0
This XPATH works correctly for the first <chapter> but fails on the second
<chapter> because one <caution> is a child of <sect1>.
Is there a way to count preceding <cautions> within a <chapter> element
despite nesting?
Thanks,
David White
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