RE: Hierarchy problem

Does this do what you want - it checks if the node in $point2 is the parent
of the node in $point1 (I think):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text"/>
	
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:variable name="point1" select="//*[@id='noteId']"/>
<xsl:variable name="point2" select="//level2[@id='l2']"/>
<xsl:choose>
	<xsl:when test="$point1/.. = $point2">
		<xsl:text>Yes</xsl:text>
	</xsl:when>
	<xsl:otherwise>
		<xsl:text>No</xsl:text>
	</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I don't think this would be complicated by using document() in the variable
definitions (but could be wrong).

David.
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David McNally            Moody's Investors Service
Software Engineer        99 Church St, NY NY 10007 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 10:43 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Hierarchy problem
> 
> 
> With a structure such as
> 
> 
> <bodymatter>
>   <level1 id='l1'>
>    <h1>Level1</h1>
>    <level2 id='l2'>
>     <h2>Level2</h2>  <!-- bad navPoint 1 -->
>     <level3 id='l3'> <!-- good navPoint 2 -->
>      <h3>level3</h3>
>      <note id="noteId">  <!-- navLabel target -->
>       <p>Note content</p>
>      </note>
>     </level3>
>    </level2>
>   </level1>
> 
> ....
> 
> I need to check that the node with id=noteId
> is (or is not) a direct descendant of another node (e.g. 
> level2[id='l2'])
> or if there are intervening levelX elements.
> 
[snip]


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