Re: Selecting attribute from previous parent node

Jay Bryant wrote:

> >ancestor::flower[@type!='tulip']

> The trouble with that is that it selects every flower node
> whose type attribute does not contain 'tulip on the entire
> axis. If there's more than one non-tulip flower node up
> the ancestor axis, this expression will get all of them,
> which will either generate errors or lead to unexpected
> results. It needs the position predicate ([1]) to get the
> first ancestor node (which is the most immediate node on
> the axis).

> So, it needs to be

> ancestor::flower[1]/@type

  If I understand right the requirment, you mean:

    ancestor::flower[@type!='tulip'][1]

dont'you?

--drkm






















	

	
		
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