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RE: Re: Assignment no, dynamic scoping si (was: Re: RE: Wishes for XSL revisions ...


> (And just checking ... XPath experts ... 
> ancestor-or-self::*[@source][last()] will give me the 
> *closest* 'source' 
> attribute on an ancestor or self ... not the most distant, won't it?)

It will give you the most distant. To get the innermost one, use

ancestor-or-self::*[@source][1]

or

(ancestor-or-self::*[@source])[last()]

Mike Kay

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