Subject: Re: xpath question, getting last instance of element
From: Piotr Banski <bansp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 19:56:16 +0100 (CET)
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, G. Ken Holman wrote:
> (//DDD)[last()]
> By putting the XPath expression in parentheses you are obtaining the set of
> all DDD elements from the whole document. Then, applying the predicate to
> the entire set, you end up with the last DDD. Had you not used parentheses
> you would end up with the set of all DDD elements that are the last of
> their sibling DDD elements.
Ahh, it looks like I need to learn more before I start trying to help
others :-)
Thanks (and apologies for my earlier misleading reply),
Piotr
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