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Re: the nearest ancestor with the attribute
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] the nearest ancestor with the attribute
- From: Oliver Becker <obecker at informatik dot hu-berlin dot de>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:27:53 +0100 (MET)
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
> ancestor::*/@attr
> gets you the attribute nodes themselves (from nearest to furthest)
> this is often good enough, because if (for example), you ask for the
> value of this node set, you'll get the value of the first one (the nearest)
I don't think so. The first in this case is the first in document order,
which isn't the nearest in the ancestor axis. The value of a node-set is
*always* the value of the first node in document order. So the correct path is
ancestor::*[@attr][1]/@attr
Knowing the right order appears to be a little bit confusing sometimes.
Cheers,
Oliver
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