Hi Luke.
Try:
<xsl:if test="preceding-sibling::item[1][.='a']">

Hope that this helps.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luke
Ambrogio
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 11:07 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  Immediate Previous Node


hello ppl,

i have a small problem, hope you can help.
i have a sorted xml something like:

<index>
<item>a</item>
<item>ab</item>
<item>b</item>
<item>c</item>
</index>

how can i, using xsl of course, find out the data of immediate previous
node. example while processing:

<item>ab</item>

using <xsl:if> i want to check whether the previous one is
<item>a</item> so
that i can process it different

hope i was clear

10x in advance

Luke

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