RE: get immediat preceeding node, if it is a comment

> - how to get the immediat preceeding node, when you don't 
> know what it will 
> be (element, comments, and for extension PIs, text())

 preceding-sibling::node()[1]

> - how can I filter comments from it

<xsl:if test="preceding-sibling::node()[1][self::comment()]">
  ....
</xsl:if>

Don't forget though that most likely the immediate preceding element
will be some presentational whitespace, so you will need to strip that
out using:

<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

or a more specific selection in place of * (unless of course, you are
using msxml which strips it all out regardless).

cheers
andrew


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Terray [mailto:terray@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 October 2002 10:23
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  get immediat preceeding node, if it is a comment
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a little problem, which I am unable to find the 
> solution because I 
> must think to devious...
> 
> I have a XML with some comments on the nodes, just before, 
> that I want to get.
> 
> My problem is : there are not always there, so I cannot just use 
> "preceding-sibling::comment()[1]".
> 
> Therefore, 2 questions :
> - how to get the immediat preceeding node, when you don't 
> know what it will 
> be (element, comments, and for extension PIs, text())
> - how can I filter comments from it
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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