May be something like this

*[not(self::section)] | section[1]

(not tested)

On 13 April 2017 at 02:36, Rick Quatro rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Here is my xml:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <chapter>
>     <title>Title</title>
>     <intro>
>         <p>Intro</p>
>     </intro>
>     <section></section>
>     <section></section>
>     <section></section>
> </chapter>
>
> My context node is the <chapter> element. I want to select everything up to
> and including the first <section>. I am trying this
>
>
> //chapter/*[not(self::section[position()&gt;1])]
>
> but it selects all of the children of chapter. In the above example, I am
> trying to select all of the children except the last two sections. Thank
> you
> in advance.
>
> Rick
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing Inc.
> rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 585-366-4017
>
>
>
> 
>



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Mukul Gandhi