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Subject: Re: xpath question
From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 15:41:47 +0100
Hi Abbouh,

> you're right,but if i use /AAA/XXX/preceding-sibling::*
> i will get BBB1 not  BBB2(what i want is BB2)

The step preceding-sibling::* will get you *all* the preceding sibling
elements of the context node. If you use <xsl:value-of> or something
similar on this node-set, you will get the value of the first node in
document order.

If you only want the immediately preceding sibling element, you need
to add a predicate that tests the position of the preceding sibling
element; use:

  preceding-sibling::*[1]

Cheers,

Jeni

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  • Re: xpath question, (continued)
    • Jeni Tennison - Fri, 4 Jul 2003 07:27:53 -0400 (EDT)
    • abbouh - Wed, 9 Jul 2003 09:29:46 -0400 (EDT)
      • David Carlisle - Wed, 9 Jul 2003 09:50:03 -0400 (EDT)
        • abbouh - Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:20:33 -0400 (EDT)
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