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Re: Determining if the first child is a para element
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- Subject: Re: Determining if the first child is a para element
- From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman at CraneSoftwrights dot com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:10:58 -0500
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At 00/11/08 19:08 -0800, kenb@medifor.com wrote:
>I've looked at the FAQ which describes how to determine if a node has a
>single child element, but I need to know if the first child of a node is an
>element (para, in this case). The test needs to be done in the parent's
><template> element, prior to an <apply-templates/>. Is there a
>straightforward <if> test I can use for this case? Thanks!
If you don't care what the name of the element is, how about:
<xsl:if test="generate-id(*)=generate-id(node())">
This function operates on only the first member of the supplied node list.
I hope this helps.
................ Ken
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