[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

RE: testing for following siblings

Subject: RE: testing for following siblings
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 07:42:28 +0100
RE:  testing for following siblings
> Another confusion ... I'm trying to determine when the 
> current node has no following siblings.  One expression that 
> seems to work is:
> 
>     not(following-sibling::*)
> 
> but the following expressions don't "work", and I thought they would
> 
>     following-sibling::* = ''

That will be true if there is a following-sibling and its string value
is "".

>     following-sibling::* = '/..'
> 
That will be true if there is a following sibling whose string value is
the same as the string value of a node in the node-set "/..". Since the
node-set "/.." is always empty, this will never be true.

Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 


 XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list


Current Thread

PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!

Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced!

Buy Stylus Studio Now

Download The World's Best XML IDE!

Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today!

Don't miss another message! Subscribe to this list today.
Email
First Name
Last Name
Company
Subscribe in XML format
RSS 2.0
Atom 0.3
Site Map | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Trademarks
Free Stylus Studio XML Training:
W3C Member
Stylus Studio® and DataDirect XQuery ™are products from DataDirect Technologies, is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation, in the U.S. and other countries. © 2004-2013 All Rights Reserved.