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Re: Finding attribute of a 'grand-parent'
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] Finding attribute of a 'grand-parent'
- From: David Carlisle <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 15:17:20 +0100
- References: <3B54472D.B56A7004@mpdigital.de>
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> For the element <po id="3"> I'd like to get the id attribute from the
> ancestor that is a po Element (in this case, '2').
> What I got with 'ancestor::po' was '1', the attribute from the 'eldest'
> ancestor. 'parent::po' returns nothing, because obviously it isn't the
> parent i am seeking. More like the grand-parent, so to speak.
If you want the id of the nearest po ancestor that is
ancestor::po[1]/@id
> In other words: I'm looking for the nearest ancestor relative who is not a
> parent. And I don't want uncles, either... ;-)
but that would be something else, for example on <someelement/> would
you want to discount <po id="3">, because it's your parent.
anyway the nearest po answer that isn't your parent is the nearest
ancestor of your parent, which is
../ancestor::po[1]/@id
David
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