Subject: Re: targeting the last element in a node or consecutive elements
From: egarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:58:21 -0500
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Yes, your example is correct. I don't know if or how many PIs will
occur at the end of the node.
P.S. I started a new post because they changed the requirements....
----- Original Message -----
From: Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 4, 2007 9:53 am
Subject: Re: targeting the last element in a node or consecutive
elements
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Emily,
>
> This is a double post, you already opened this discussion under
> "suppressing only the last PI" (which differed in details, however).
>
> If I may, it appears that you want to do this:
>
> <somenode>
> <node1 />
> <?instr1?>
> <node2 />
> <?instr2?>
> <?instr3?>
> </somenode>
>
> 1. Process node1, instr1, node2 etc
> 2. Do something before instr2 and instr3 (being consecutively and
> together at the end of a node)
> 3. Process instr2 and instr3
> (if instr2 and instr3 were not there, you want to skip processing
> step 2
> and 3?)
>
> Am i right? Please confirm (and/or give your sample input, to make
> the
> subject easier)
>
> Cheers,
> -- Abel
>
> Emily.Garrett@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I'm trying to use xsl:apply templates to grab the entire content
> of a
> > node, except for any PIs that may be at the very end of the
> node. I can
> > see how position()=last() can be used to refer to the very last
> PI, but
> > how would I refer to possibly 2 or 3 PIs that are at the end of
> the node
> > (not knowing what they are or how many), but still process PIs
> that are
> > contained elsewhere in this content? Is there some syntax that
> refers> to consecutive elements or refers to an element that is
> the last one in
> > a node, not knowing what element it is?
> >
> > Here is explanation for what I'm trying to do:
> >
> > Process all content, unless they are PIs that occur
> consecutively at the
> > very end of the node.
> >
> > Then I have to insert an element, then process these PIs that occur
> > consecutively at the very end of the node.
> >
> > I'm having trouble narrowing down my research on this one. Does
> anyone> have any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Emily
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