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Subject: RE: xslt question From: "Chris Bayes" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 03:05:40 +0100 |
Your probably right. I assumed (wrongly) that the spaghetti at the bottom was causing the problems. Sheesh can't type can't see. Oh well it is Friday. >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeni Tennison >Sent: 28 July 2000 19:15 >To: XSL User >Cc: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: xslt question > > >Hi, > >>I am trying to get the 5th table of the 1st table of the 3rd >table ONLY from >>an HTML document. I've been trying various combinations for a >couple of days >>now and it is frustrating? >[snip] >><xsl:template match="table[3]/table[1]/table[5]"> >><HR> >> <xsl:apply-templates /> >></HR> >></xsl:template> > >When you have a step in an XPath and you don't specify an axis name, then >the step uses the 'child' axis. This means that your XPath translates as: > >a table that is the fifth table that is a direct child of > a table that is the first table that is a direct child of > a table that is the third table of its parent > >Since your input is HTML, I guess that the tables aren't nested as direct >children of each other, and that instead they are within rows and cells. >You probably want something like: > > table[3]/tr/td/table[1]/tr/td/table[5] > >I hope that helps, > >Jeni > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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