Re: [xsl] Need for a technique

[Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev at yahoo dot com>]

Hi Paul,

Use:
ancestor::*[starts-with(name(),'h')][1]

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.

Paul Terray wrote:

Hi everyone,

I need a simple XPath request to look for the following thing :

have the first enclosing element of an element that correspond to
certain 
names.

For example :
<doc>
<h1>
<para>my text is here, and <x/> I need to know where x is...</para>
<h2>
<para>However :<list>
<item><x/> this element could be anywhere</item>
</list>
</para>
</h2>
</h1>
</doc>

In this example, I am looking for the nearest enclosing <hx> element
(h1 or 
h2).
I need an Xpath expression that would give back h1 for the first <x/> 
element, and h2 for the second.

Any idea ?

Thanks.



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