. means self node
.. means parent node
 

Francis

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Narahari, Sateesh [mailto:Sateesh_Narahari@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 9:41 PM
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: Explain me the expression.
> 
> 
> Folks for <xsl:value-of select = Expr >
> 
> The Expr is defined as combination of ExprToken which is 
> defined below.
> 
> I looked at the specs to find the meaning of '.' , '.. , and '::' and
> couldn't find them in XSL specs at w3c. I was wondering if 
> any of you have
> what these symbols indicate?.
> 
> I have an XSL that is somewhat like this <xsl:value-of 
> select='.'> and I
> don't know what the hell it means. Sorry to comment, but I 
> get the felling
> XSL specs are not very well written.
> 
> ExprToken    ::=    '(' | ')' | '[' | ']' | '.' | '..' | '@' 
> | ',' | '::'  
>    | NameTest  
>    | NodeType  
>    | Operator  
>    | FunctionName  
>    | AxisName  
>    | Literal  
>    | Number  
>    | VariableReference 
> 
> Sateesh
> 
> 
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