That will be someting like 

ancestor-or-self::item[itemname/@nametype='multiple']/itemname/nametext


On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 14:24:11 +0100, Ke'tszeri Csaba <csaba@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> My xml doc has a structure like the one at the end of this letter.
> If an item has a nametype=multiple, then I have to
> prefix their nametext with their containing item nametext.
> I have to repeate it as many times as multiple type items cascaded
> together, plus the one item with simple type above them.
> 
> The expected output is this:
> a
> b
> bi
> biv
> bj
> c
> 
> There are several other container elements between the simple and
> multiple type items, so i can't predict how deep I am, and how far
> should i look for the parent item.
> 
> My real problem is that I can't make a recursive function to go back
> to the / direction.
> 
> Could you give me some ideas?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Csaba
> 
> <xml>
>   <item>
>     <itemname nametype="simple">
>       <nametext>a</nametext>
>     </itemname>
>   </item>
>   <item>
>     <itemname nametype="simple">
>       <nametext>b</nametext>
>     </itemname>
>     <item>
>       <itemname nametype="multiple">
>         <nametext>i</nametext>
>       </itemname>
>       <item>
>         <itemname nametype="multiple">
>           <nametext>v</nametext>
>         </itemname>
>       </item>
>     </item>
>     <item>
>       <itemname nametype="multiple">
>         <nametext>j</nametext>
>       </itemname>
>     </item>
>   </item>
>   <item>
>     <itemname nametype="simple">
>       <nametext>c</nametext>
>     </itemname>
>   </item>
> </xml>