Re: Checking element to see if it has children...

On 10/12/03 1:50 AM, "David Carlisle" <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
>> I want the path to end with the element only if it doesn't contain other
>> elements, i.e. what railroad fans might call a "stub":
> 
> Since xml is normally called a tree rather than a network, that's a leaf
> not a stub.
> 
> <xsl:for-each select="/*//*">
> 
> selects ever descendent of the first child, ie every element except teh
> document element, you want every element with no child element that's
> <xsl:for-each select="//*[not(*)">
> 
> (testing for no children (and generating path expressions) are both in
> the faq for this list at www.dpawson.co.uk)
> 
> David
> 

This worked like a charm--why is it every time I think you don't know what
I'm talking about (because I can be unclear at 3AM as if you haven't already
noticed) I find out you know exactly what I'm looking for?

Thanks again,

/johnny :)




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