RE: Getting specific elements from a list

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dimitre Novatchev [mailto:dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:08 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Getting specific elements from a list> 
> 
> The correct XPath expressions to use are, therefore:

Snip 

> 
>    (.//EnumValueDescription)[1]
> 
> and
> 
>    (.//EnumValueDescription)[last()]
> 
> 
> 
> Of course, in this particular case it is best *not* to use the "//"
> abbreviation. What would suffice is just:
> 
>    tblEnumValues/EnumValueDescription[1]
> 
> and
> 
>    tblEnumValues/EnumValueDescription[last()]
> 
> 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: JBryant@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:JBryant@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:09 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Getting specific elements from a list
> 

Snip

>   <xsl:variable name="EVDs" select="//EnumValueDescription"/>
> 
>   <xsl:template match="tblEnumeratedTypes">
>     test (
>           int,
>           <xsl:value-of select="EnumeratedType"/>,
>           <xsl:value-of select="$EVDs[1]"/>,
>           <xsl:value-of select="$EVDs[last()]"/>
>     );
>   </xsl:template>

Thanks to all ...

I ended up using Jay Bryant's Solution, I could not get Dimitres'
solution to work, 
Kept getting blanks, although I now understand what was going on and it
looks like his solution should also work.

I just had to change Jay's solution from 

>   <xsl:variable name="EVDs" select="//EnumValueDescription"/>

To 

<xsl:variable name="EVDs" select=".//EnumValueDescription"/>

Thanks to All !

Joe Simon
Lockheed Martin, Systems Integration, Owego, NY