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Re: XPath challenge: can you simplify this XPath expression?

• From: Oliver Hallam <oliver@x...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 18:13:12 +0100

My mistake - this does not enforce the condition that there is at least 
one Title or Date.  I should have checked more carefully before posting.


Oliver Hallam wrote:
> If you are going for the minimum number of characters, then this 
> (although not particularly efficient) should work:
>
> deep-equal(Title[1]|Date[1]|Author,*)
>
> or (probably more efficient)
>
> count(Title[1]|Date[1]|Author)=count(*)
>
>
> Oliver Hallam
> http://www.xqsharp.com

• References:
  • XPath challenge: can you simplify this XPath expression?
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
  • RE: XPath challenge: can you simplify this XPath expression?
    • From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
  • RE: XPath challenge: can you simplify this XPathexpression?
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
  • RE: XPath challenge: can you simplify this XPathexpression?
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
  • Re: XPath challenge: can you simplify this XPath expression?
    • From: Oliver Hallam <oliver@x...>