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> How can I restrict the preceding axis so a found node > will have the same ancestor as the context node? Thanks. Why don't you use the "preceding-sibling::" axis instead? Cheers, Dimitre On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Rick Quatro rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > When I am at a <fig> with no text, I want to find the previous <fig> that > has text, but only within the same ancestor group. > > I am using this: > > preceding::fig[.!=""][1] > > This works for all of the empty <fig> elements in the first <grp>, but in > the second <grp>, it incorrectly picks up the <fig> with the 4 value from > the previous <grp>. How can I restrict the preceding axis so a found node > will have the same ancestor as the context node? Thanks. > > Rick > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <doc> > <grp> > <fig/> > <fig>1</fig> > <fig>2</fig> > <fig/> > <sub> > <fig>3</fig> > </sub> > <fig/> > <fig>4</fig> > </grp> > <grp> > <fig/> > <fig>1</fig> > <fig>2</fig> > <fig>3</fig> > <sub> > <fig/> > </sub> > <fig/> > </grp> > </doc>
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