Subject: Re: testing preceding sibling always evaluates true
From: Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:19:56 +0100
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I believe the issue is (and I would like some clarification), is that
axis steps always return nodes in document order so
preceding-sibling::w:p[1]
will always return the first paragraph with its TableCaption child.
I believe the work around for this, to collect the nodes in search
order, is to make them a set,
(preceding-sibling::w:p)[1]
No this is wrong. preceding-sibling::w:p[1] selects the most recent w:p
element (the last in document order), whereas
(preceding-sibling::w:p)[1] selects the first in document order.
Michael Kay
Saxonica
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