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At 2011-11-04 17:05 -0700, Mark wrote:
That works. I think I get it. Yes, because expressions in the predicate are evaluated against that node that was selected in the step. And your "<xsl:value-of select="../Formats/@*[name(.)=current()/@text-location]"/>" switched the path back to the current context where @text-location actually resides? The current() function returns that node that was current at the beginning of the evaluation of the XPath expression. Which, in your case, is the context where @text-location resides, thus Brandon's current()/@text-location works. In other situations you may find yourself walking from that place to find another node, as in current()/../@idref I didn't want you to think current() was magic in knowing where @text-location was, it was just coincidentally attached to the element that was current at the beginning of the XPath expression evaluation. I hope this is helpful. . . . . . . . . . . Ken -- Contact us for world-wide XML consulting and instructor-led training Free 5-hour video lecture: XSLT/XPath 1.0 & 2.0 http://ude.my/t37DVX Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Google+ profile: https://plus.google.com/116832879756988317389/about Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal
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