Re: xpath confusion (compound xpath)

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Subject: Re: xpath confusion (compound xpath)
From: S Woodside <sbwoodside@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:52:13 -0500

On Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 02:41 AM, Dimitre Novatchev wrote:

What am I doing wrong?
The problem is here:

<xsl:when test="/grammar/start/element/zeroOrMore/choice/element[1]// zeroOrMore//*[self=current()]">
You are testing if the current node has child named "self" and its
string value is equal to the string value of the current node.

gah! I can't believe it. I must have though I was using the self:: axis. Would self::* have worked? How do I know if it's going to treat the stuff inside the predicate as a string or as a node-set?

I find the XPath spec to be unusually confusing ... would you mind pointing out the part of the spec that defines this, because it's totally unclear to me. In fact, I find there's a distinctive lack of clear documentation on the net. I'd rather not have to waste the money and dead trees on the O'Reilly book and usually the online docu is enough for me.

Obviously, you wanted:

/grammar/start/element/zeroOrMore/choice/element[1]//zeroOrMore//
*[generate-id() = generate-id( current())]

Thanks,

simon
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xpath confusion (compound xpath)
- S Woodside - Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:35:38 -0500 (EST)
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  - Dimitre Novatchev - Sun, 19 Jan 2003 02:40:36 -0500 (EST)
    - S Woodside - Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:46:58 -0500 (EST) <=
    - Roger Glover - Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:39:35 -0500 (EST)
      - Michael Kay - Fri, 24 Jan 2003 03:47:17 -0500 (EST)
  - Edward . Middleton - Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:24:10 -0500 (EST)
  - Dimitre Novatchev - Wed, 22 Jan 2003 01:31:18 -0500 (EST)

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