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 Aren't you just saying you want the last element in document order, which is (//*)[last()] Michael Kay Saxonica > On 24 Aug 2016, at 21:01, Rick Quatro rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > As I look at this, I don't think my subject line is quite accurate. I > actually need the deepest element on the last branch. See even if the > <p>3</p> element had a lot of ancestors, I would still want the <p>4</p> > element. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Quatro rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 3:47 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Deepest element in the tree > > Hi, > > I am trying to find the deepest, last element in an xml file. When I use > this xpath 1.0 statement: > > //*[last()] > > it returns all nine of the last elements. I want to get the <p>4</p> element > because it is the last of the last. Note that I don't know ahead of time > what element name it will be. I tried this > > //*[last()][last()] > > but it still returns all of them. Any help would be appreciated. Here is my > xml: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <topic> > <body> > <p> > <ul> > <li> > <p>1</p> > </li> > <li> > <p>2</p> > </li> > <li> > <p>3</p> > </li> > <li> > <p>4</p> > </li> > </ul> > </p> > </body> > </topic> > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing Inc. > 585-366-4017 > rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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