Re: value-of select problem

It's similar to another thread today called "Wrapping Problem" - usually
called positional grouping.

Try following-sibling::*[self::Mname|self::Lname][1][self::Mname]

That's the first following sibling that's an Mname or an Lname, provided
it's an Mname.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: cchelius@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cchelius@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 15 August 2006 22:35
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  value-of select problem

I have included a snippet from my xslt that I am having
difficulties with.
My source XML can contain several authors names but those
names don't have to contain a middle name. The problem with
my xslt is that when an author doesn't contain a middle name
it will pull the middle name from the next author after it.
Obviously this is no good as it creates a name that is
incorrect. I'm not sure how to tell the xslt that if there is
no middle name not to grab <authorMname from the next author.
Any ideas?

XML Code Sample:

<author><authorFname>John</authorFname>
            <authorLname>Dai</authorLname>,
<authorDegree>MD</authorDegree>;

<authorFname>Jane</authorFname><authorMname>Austin</authorMnam
e><authorLname>Smith</authorLname></author>

XSLT Sample:

  <xsl:for-each select="Story/author/authorFname">
                        <!-- Adjusted to allow for multiple
authors -->
                        <Author>
                            <FirstName>
                                <xsl:value-of select="."/>
                            </FirstName>
                            <MiddleName>
                                <xsl:value-of
select="following-sibling::authorMname[1]"/>
                            </MiddleName>
                            <LastName>
                                <xsl:value-of
select="following-sibling::authorLname[1]"/>
                            </LastName>
                            <Suffix>
                                <xsl:value-of
select="following-sibling::authorSuffix[1]"/>
                            </Suffix>
                            <Affiliation>
                                <xsl:value-of
select="following-sibling::authorAffiliation[1]"/>
                            </Affiliation>
                        </Author>
                    </xsl:for-each>