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[xsl] First ancestor with a specific attribute

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Hi,

I'm having a blonde moment here and I don't use xslt everyday. I'm
simply trying to get the first ancestor of a node that contains a
specific attribute.

My attempt: select="ancestor::node()[@name!=null]/@name"

Desired effect: return the first ancestor that has a 'name' element.

My bit of xpath returns nothing, even if some of the ancestor nodes
contain a 'name' attribute.

Best,
Jacobus

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