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> I am current to the text() node of <title/>
>
> I need to test to see if my parent has an immediate preceding sibling of
processing-instruction named "ModuleStart"

preceding-sibling::node()  [1]  [self::processing-instruction('ModuleStart')]


This assumes that you have specified:

 <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>


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On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Ylvisaker, Steve
<steve.j.ylvisaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I know I can do this but I'm stumped.
>
> Please consider the following XML:
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> <section>
> <?ModuleStart ShowIDs="yes"?>
> <title>Text of a title</title>
> <para>para in the section</para>
> </section>
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>
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> I am current to the text() node of <title/>
>
> I need to test to see if my parent has an immediate preceding sibling of
processing-instruction named "ModuleStart"
>
> If so I need to know the content of that PI.
>
>
> I need to be sure that the test will NOT be true if I am current with the
text() node of <para/>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help
> Steve
>
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