Re: XPath for number of preceding nodes sharing an anc

Michael Kay wrote:

> > Also, could I use:
> >
> >   count(preceding::input[generate-id(ancestor::inputform) =
> >     generate-id(current()/ancestor::inputform)])
> 
> No, because generate-id() applied to a node-set returns the id of
> the first node in the node-set, considered in document order.

In the documents I am using I know that there are no inputform elements
inside other inputform elements, so all input elements have only one
inputform ancestor. Therefore, for each input node the node-sets
ancestor::inputform and current()/ancestor::inputform each contain only one
node. 

Or am I wrong again :-(

-- 
Michael Strasser
Brisbane, Australia

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