On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 09:06:24PM -0000, Rick Quatro rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx scripsit:
> 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.

If you're standing on the <chapter/>,

*[not(preceding-sibling::section)]

-- Graydon