2008/9/12 David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
>> //doc//pb[1]
>> will return the first <pb> descendant of all <doc> elements
>
> that would be //doc/descendant::pb[1]
>
>  //doc//pb[1]
>
> returns all pb elements that are descendants of a doc element, that have
> no earlier siblings of the same name.
>

Well I had read that a few times (and do a few tests), but got there
in the end... that's a real gotcha.

//doc//pb[1]

will return the first <pb> child of any descendant of <doc>, so you
could get many <pb>s for a single <doc>

The next time someone asks for questions for a test, that's a nice
(but unfair) one to suggest.



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