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At 11:48 AM 10/4/01, you wrote:
Because the predicate [not(self::PRFID)] is evaluated with respect to the node set selected by *, taking each of those nodes in turn as its context node (and returning only those that test true).
Since * has already selected children, you want to check them each on the self:: axis. If you said *[not(child::PRFID)], or the equivalent *[not(PRFID)], you'd get all element children that do not themselves have a PRFID child, as opposed to those that are not them-selves- a PRFID.
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Re: [xsl] RE: apply-templates and excluding a node
Subject: Re: [xsl] RE: apply-templates and excluding a node From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 12:23:48 -0400 |
At 11:48 AM 10/4/01, you wrote:
it is <xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::PRFID)]" />
What I do not undestand is why "self" why not "child"? Can anyone explain this?
Because the predicate [not(self::PRFID)] is evaluated with respect to the node set selected by *, taking each of those nodes in turn as its context node (and returning only those that test true).
Since * has already selected children, you want to check them each on the self:: axis. If you said *[not(child::PRFID)], or the equivalent *[not(PRFID)], you'd get all element children that do not themselves have a PRFID child, as opposed to those that are not them-selves- a PRFID.
Cheers, Wendell
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