Re: XPath syntax error problem

These kind of errors can be eliminated if one writes an expression in
a specific order.

For example:

to write:
        cont(another expression)

do:

 1. write:

         count(

                   )

2. Position the cursor on the blank line that is surrounded by the brackets

3. Write the expression (may require to repeat these rules recursively):

           count(
                      expression
                     )


Any step of this process results in having the current (written so
far) expression syntactically correct. One simulates (manually) of
what a syntax-oriented editor would do.


Hope this helped.

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:08:38 -0600, Kenneth Stephen
<marvin.the.cynical.robot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ken,
> 
>    Aaargh! I was blind!
> 
> Thanks,
> Kenneth
> 
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:45:18 -0500, G. Ken Holman
> <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > At 2005-01-21 19:32 -0600, Kenneth Stephen wrote:
> 
> > >   XPath syntax error in {...(@ref,':') = $elementName] ...}:
> > >     expected ")", found "<eof>"
> >
> > You are missing a right-bracket that ends your count function argument.