Re: Hierarchy problem

> (My definitions)
> level3 is a 'direct descendant' of level2

why not use the XPath terminology, "child" ? Then I'd  be sure I know
what you mean.

Also your example was a bit confusing (and still is) as there are two 
things you might have meant by "level 3": the element of that name, and
the h3 element with that content. I assume you meant the former.


> <xsl:variable name='x' select='/level1/level2'/>
> <xsl:variable name='y' select='/level1'/>

well that sets x to be all the level 3 nodes and y to be all thelevel
one ones.

count($x/*|$y) 

That is asking if elements in y is a children  of elements in x which
clearly won't be the case as every element in y is a parent of an
element in x, given your definitions.
If x is /level1/level2 then $x/* is the nodes selected by
/level1/level2/* which is never going to include teh nodes selected by
/level1 is it?

I suspect you just have x and y the wrong way round. Although if you
swap them then the test with count() isn't really needed as it will
always be true.

David

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