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Re: the nearest ancestor with the attribute
- To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com, "'Wendell Piez'" <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: Re: [xsl] the nearest ancestor with the attribute
- From: Jeni Tennison <mail at jenitennison dot com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:45:42 +0000
- Organization: Jeni Tennison Consulting Ltd
- References: <000401c08068$b17bab40$0100007f@mhkhome>
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
Mike Kay wrote:
>> ancestor::*/@attr[last()]
>>
>> At least I *think* that's right ;)
>
> No, I don't think it is. This expression will return a set consisting of the
> last @attr attribute of each ancestor element. An element can only have one
> @attr attribute so saying you want its last one is pointless.
>
> (ancestor::*/@attr)[last()] will select the last in document order (i.e. the
> innermost available attribute).
Oh yeah, that's what I meant to say :)
Jeni
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