Re: targeting the last element in a node or consecutiv

Yes, your example is correct.  I don't know if or how many PIs will 
occur at the end of the node.

P.S. I started a new post because they changed the requirements....   

----- Original Message -----
From: Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 4, 2007 9:53 am
Subject: Re:  targeting the last element in a node or consecutive 
elements
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Hi Emily,
> 
> This is a double post, you already opened this discussion under 
> "suppressing only the last PI" (which differed in details, however).
> 
> If I may, it appears that you want to do this:
> 
> <somenode>
>    <node1 />
>    <?instr1?>
>    <node2 />
>    <?instr2?>
>    <?instr3?>
> </somenode>
> 
> 1. Process node1, instr1, node2 etc
> 2. Do something before instr2 and instr3 (being consecutively and 
> together at the end of a node)
> 3. Process instr2 and instr3
> (if instr2 and instr3 were not there, you want to skip processing 
> step 2 
> and 3?)
> 
> Am i right? Please confirm (and/or give your sample input, to make 
> the 
> subject easier)
> 
> Cheers,
> -- Abel
> 
> Emily.Garrett@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I'm trying to use xsl:apply templates to grab the entire content 
> of a
> > node, except for any PIs that may be at the very end of the 
> node.  I can
> > see how position()=last() can be used to refer to the very last 
> PI, but
> > how would I refer to possibly 2 or 3 PIs that are at the end of 
> the node
> > (not knowing what they are or how many), but still process PIs 
> that are
> > contained elsewhere in this content?   Is there some syntax that 
> refers> to consecutive elements or refers to an element that is 
> the last one in
> > a node, not knowing what element it is?
> >
> > Here is explanation for what I'm trying to do:   
> >
> > Process all content, unless they are PIs that occur 
> consecutively at the
> > very end of the node.
> >
> > Then I have to insert an element, then process these PIs that occur
> > consecutively at the very end of the node.
> >
> > I'm having trouble narrowing down my research on this one.  Does 
> anyone> have any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Emily