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Re: Need some help with an expression...
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- Subject: Re: Need some help with an expression...
- From: David Allouche <david at ansible dot xlii dot org>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:53:47 -0200 (GMT+2)
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, David Allouche wrote:
> /box/category[@name='someType']/header/self[instance=$parameter]/parent:header
> /box/category[@name='someType']/header/self[instance=$parameter]/parent:header/ref
> /box/category[@name='someType']/header/self[instance=$parameter]/parent:*/ref
> /*/category[@name='someType']/*/self[instance=$parameter]/parent:*/ref
Ooops,
in these XPaths the "parent:" string is to be replaced by "parent::"...
I always mix the namespace prefix syntax with the axis prefixe syntax,
their similarity in writing while they are so different in meaning just
does not seem natural to me.... I should have triple checked before
posting...
Sorry for any confusion, mailing list bandwidth and reader time waste...
-- David --
PS: in this case the solution of Francis Norton is arguably cleaner
thought it does not illustrate the use of alternate axises.
/box/category[@name='someType']/header[self/instance=$parameter]/ref
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