Thanks to the answers I got from Steve Dahl, Sean, Mike Key,
my problem has immediately been resolved.

"(A/C/E)[4]" instead of "A/C/E[4]" worked great!

Thanks a lot.

- Takuki Kamiya


----- Original Message ----- 
>From : Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
Subject : RE: Locate specific occurrence of element using XPath

> > I have been having a hard time in trying to figure out if it is at all
> > possible to tell XSLT to locate 4th <E> element which comes 
> > right beneath
> > <A>/<C> in the example below using a single XPath expression. 
> > Any help or
> > hint will be appreciated.
> > 
> > <A>
> >   <B>
> >     <E></E>
> >     <E></E>
> >     ...
> >   <C>
> >     <E></E>
> >     <E></E>
> >   </C>
> >   <C>
> >     <E></E>
> >     <E></E>  <- I am trying to locate this element
> >     <E></E>
> >     <E></E>
> >   </C>
> >   <D>
> >     <E></E>
> >     <E></E>
> >     ...
> >   </D>
> > </A>
> > 
> > I tried "A/C/E[4]", but apparently it does not work...
> 
> I think "(A/C/E)[4]" will get the element you want.
> 
> Mike Kay
> 
 


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