On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 09:23:40AM +0530, omprakash.v@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
>         Are you particular about using the ancestor axis bcos I don't think
> it is of much use here. You can do this using the descendant axis as
> follows:
> 
>      <xsl:if test="descendant::menu[@dept = $dept]">
>           <xsl:value-of select="'node found'"/>
>      </xsl:if>
> 
> 
> This is assuming I understood your requirement right.

Feh.. I misread the question... I was thinking he was
trying to find out whether the current element had a menu
element $depth levels deeper into the document.. :-)

... read problem.. *then* solve problem... not the
reverse.. :-)

-Brian


> 
> Cheers,
> Omprakash.V
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>                     Brian Chrisman                                                                                  
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> On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 01:19:41PM +1000, Adam J Knight wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am trying to test whether a current node is an ancestor of a menu node
> > with a dept attribute equal to $depth. I appear to be struggling with
> this
> > conceptually and would appreciate any help!!
> >
> > <xsl:if test="//menu[@dept != $dept]/ancestor::menu ">
> >   <xsl:attribute name="class">nav_close</xsl:attribute>
> > </xsl:if>
> 
> Here's one way I *think* you could do it.. but I haven't
> tried it.. and I don't use this functionality much..
> 
> <xsl:variable name="my-depth" select="count(ancestor::*)"/>
> <xsl:if test=".//menu[(count(ancestor::*) - $my-depth) = $depth]">
>   foo
> </xsl:if>
> 
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Adam
> > ?
> 
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