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Subject: Re: Must be a better way to write this XPath expression
From: Conor Ryan <cryan@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 17:33:03 +0100
conor ryan
Si,

I would write it as follows

/data/stuff/*[self::a|self::b]

In this simple case here it is actually longer than the method you have
working but for a more complicated path such as

/data/stuff/stuff/stuff/a|/data/stuff/stuff/stuff/b

it would be shorter. i.e.

/data/stuff/stuff/stuff/*[self::a|self::b]


hope this helps.


rgds,

Conor.

At 16:32 06/06/03 +0100, you wrote:
Hi,

Given:

<data>
        <stuff>
                <a>
                        ...lots in here...
                </a>
                <b>
                        ...lots in here...
                </b>
                <c>
                        ...lots in here...
                </c>
                <d>
                        ...lots in here...
                </d>
        </stuff>
</data>

In my XSL to get sections 'a' and 'b' I would have thought something like:

/data/stuff/(a|b)

would work but the only thing I can get to work is:

/data/stuff/a|/data/stuff/b

which just seems too long winded for there not to be a better way to
express it.

Thanks

Si


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