Does the [1] in your answer ensure that this is the closest
<contentitem>?

<contentitem>
  <contentitem>	<--- Would select this?
	<anchor/>
  </contentitem>
</contentitem>
R.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Carlisle [mailto:davidc@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Dienstag, 30. November 2004 13:04
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  Find ancestor attribute of variable



<xsl:variable name="type" select="ancestor::$anchor-node[name(.) =
'contentitem'] you can't have a variable after an axis, you just want

$anchor-node/ancestor::contentitem[1]/@type

David

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