Wendell Piez wrote:

(//item[@active=1])[last()]

Or
/descendant::item[@active=1][last()]

I was thinking of:

/descendant-or-self::item[@active=1][last()]

Note that they all function differently, though give the same result in most cases. I love these kind of subtle differences!

Cheers,
Wendell

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