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Subject: Re: [xsl] the nearest ancestor with the attribute From: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 07:38:16 -0500 |
Jeni Tennison wrote: > Hi Wendell, > > >> > ancestor::*/@attr > [snip] > >> > >>I don't think so. The first in this case is the first in document order, > >>which isn't the nearest in the ancestor axis. > > > > Hm. About this, see XPath 2.4. ancestor is a reverse axis. I don't see > > anything here that changes the order to document order. > > You're absolutely right that the ancestor axis is a reverse axis. If > you were using: > > ancestor::*[1]/@attr > > you'd be fine (aside from the fact that you'd be stuffed if the node's > parent didn't have a 'attr' attribute). However, the last axis used in > the XPath is the 'attribute' axis, which takes you back to document > order again. To get the last one, use: > > ancestor::*/@attr[last()] > > At least I *think* that's right ;) Actually isn't it ancestor::*[@attr][1]/@attr ? -Jonathan XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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