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Re: XPath for all of an element type prior to context

Subject: Re: XPath for all of an element type prior to context node?
From: Michael Strasser <M.Strasser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 22:52:48 +1000
xpath today
Francis Norton wrote:
> 
> > When the context node is any of those with an id attribute, I
> > want a way to get the list of resources nodes that occur:
> >
> > - before the context node; or
> > - after the context node.
> >
> > Please let me know if this request isn't clear.
> >
> Actually it could be a bit clearer on one point - do want all the
> preceding / following resource elements in the whol document or within
> some other scope?

I meant preceding / following in the whole document.

> If the former, "ancestor::resource | preceding::resource" and
> "descendent::resource | following::resource" should do it, given the
> useful comment in http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#axes

This is exactly what I need. I was poring over http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath
today and missed the preceding and following axes.

Thank you very much.

-- 
Michael Strasser
Brisbane, Australia

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