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*********************** INPUT *********************** <AAA> <BBB> <CCC/> <ZZZ> <DDD/> <DDD> <EEE/> </DDD> </ZZZ> <FFF> <GGG/> </FFF> </BBB> <XXX> <DDD> <EEE/> <DDD/> <CCC/> <FFF/> <FFF> <GGG/> </FFF> </DDD> </XXX> <CCC> <DDD>this is the one I want</DDD> </CCC> </AAA> *********************** TRANSFORM *********************** <xsl:transform version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="text"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:apply-templates select="(//DDD)[position() = last()]"/> <!-- ^^^^^^^ note the parentheses --> </xsl:template> </xsl:transform> *********************** OUTPUT *********************** this is the one I want I hope this helps! -- Roger Glover Alan Stein wrote: > I'm trying to figure out how to select the final instance of "DDD" in the > following example, but since the predicate refers to the > element's relative > position to its neighbors, I am having trouble formulating an xpath which > would take the last position with respect to the root of the document. > > Can someone shed light on this (possibly simple) question? XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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