RE: Immediate Previous Node

No, that expression returns the closest s_indexitem node that has a path
atribute with text before ' $'or an empty node if none could be found.
It doesn't check if the text is equals to another only if exists any
text before ' $'.

For example.
<index>
 <s_indexitem/>
 <s_indexitem path="test $"/> <-- closest node with name s_indexitem
 <item/>
 <a/> <-- immediate proceding node
 <item/> <-- current node
 ...

That expression will get the second s_indexitem node because is the
s_indexitem closest to the current node and has a path attribute with
some test before the ' $'.



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luke
Ambrogio
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 12:49 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE:  Immediate Previous Node


so, using:

preceding-sibling::s_indexitem[1][substring-before(@path, ' $')]

seems to always find preceding-simbling that start the same before ' $'
(the
space is intentional), when there aren't,

please help

10x

luke




From: "Américo Albuquerque" <aalbuquerque@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE:  Immediate Previous Node
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:51:44 -0000

Hi Luke.
Try:
<xsl:if test="preceding-sibling::item[1][.='a']">

Hope that this helps.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luke
Ambrogio
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 11:07 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  Immediate Previous Node


hello ppl,

i have a small problem, hope you can help.
i have a sorted xml something like:

<index>
<item>a</item>
<item>ab</item>
<item>b</item>
<item>c</item>
</index>

how can i, using xsl of course, find out the data of immediate previous
node. example while processing:

<item>ab</item>

using <xsl:if> i want to check whether the previous one is
<item>a</item> so that i can process it different

hope i was clear

10x in advance

Luke

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