RE: [xsl] the nearest ancestor with the attribute

["Vun Kannon, David" <dvunkannon at kpmg dot com>]

The XPath expression "ancestor-or-self::*[@attribute][1]/@attribute" finds
the nearest value of an attribute, which may appear either attached to an
element of higher up in the document tree. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: guai ya [mailto:yaguai@wanaboo.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 4:45 PM
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: [xsl] the nearest ancestor with the attribute
> 
> 
> How could I get the nearest ancestor with a certain  
> attribute, say "attr"?
> 
> Thanks,
> Guai
> 
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