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Re: xpath - getting precedeing-sibling::element/@id ?
- To: AndrewWatt2000 at aol dot com, xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Subject: Re: [xsl] xpath - getting precedeing-sibling::element/@id ?
- From: "Anthony E." <apwebdesign at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:26:59 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: apwebdesign at yahoo dot com
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
> The following stylesheet will output the preceding
> siblings (of which there
> is one in your source code).
what about multiple siblings? If I have 5 siblings, i
only want the first preceding-sibling::
also, there is no gaurantee that the preceding element
is a sibling of the current node.
I'm thinking more along the lines of getting the
preceding::tab element (cousin (diff parent) or
sibling) where the current element has tab/@state='on'
for example:
<tab state="off">
<tab id="1.2.1"></tab>
<tab id="1.2.2"></tab>
<tab id="1.2.3"></tab>
</tab>
<tab state="on">
<tab id="1.3.1" state="on"></tab>
</tab>
<tab state="off">
<tab id="1.4.1"></tab>
</tab>
if i'm on tab where id="1.3.1" & state="on", i want to
grab the preceding nested <tab> (id='1.2.3')...
the end result I'm after is basically so that with the
deepest <tab> that has state="on", i can grab the
preceding/following deepest <tab>...in this case
yielding preceding <tab id="1.2.3"> and following <tab
id="1.4.1">
--- AndrewWatt2000@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/07/01 20:21:55 GMT Daylight
> Time, apwebdesign@yahoo.com
> writes:
>
>
> > using xpath, how do I find an element, with a
> specific
> > attribute (say <tab state="on">), and then grab
> it's
> > preceding and/or following element's (child or
> > sibling) 'id' attribute? (say <tab id="1.2.3">)
> >
> > ...assuming this xml:
> >
> > <tab state="on">
> > <tab id="1.2.3" state="off"></tab>
> > <tab id="1.2.4" state="on"></tab>
> > </tab>
>
> Anthony,
>
> The following stylesheet will output the preceding
> siblings (of which there
> is one in your source code).
>
> <?xml version='1.0'?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <html>
> <body>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="tab/tab[@state='on']"/>
> </body>
> </html>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="tab">
> <h3><xsl:value-of
> select="preceding-sibling::*"/></h3>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> Andrew Watt
>
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