Subject: Re: Select All Except First and Last
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:02:14 -0500
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Dimitre,
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> extent except (extent[1],extent[last()])
>>
>> I know, not so funny. Or memorable, since apparently no one ever
>> remembers 'except'. :-)
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> Except that this is only defined for sequences of nodes, while the
> other answers would also operate on arbitrary sequences.
True. IIRC the OP stipulated the problem using EAD 'extent' elements,
not in the general case. :-)
> Another potential issue: doesn't "except" cause deduplication?
It will, and it will also sort nodes into document order; again here
that's not a problem.
Cheers, Wendell
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