Yes, precisely. Thank you Michael and Martin.
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From: Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 4:18 PM
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Subject: Re: Deepest element in the tree
Aren't you just saying you want the last element in document order, which is
(//*)[last()]
Michael Kay
Saxonica
> On 24 Aug 2016, at 21:01, Rick Quatro rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> As I look at this, I don't think my subject line is quite accurate. I
> actually need the deepest element on the last branch. See even if the
> <p>3</p> element had a lot of ancestors, I would still want the
> <p>4</p> element.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Quatro rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 3:47 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Deepest element in the tree
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to find the deepest, last element in an xml file. When I
> use this xpath 1.0 statement:
>
> //*[last()]
>
> it returns all nine of the last elements. I want to get the <p>4</p>
> element because it is the last of the last. Note that I don't know
> ahead of time what element name it will be. I tried this
>
> //*[last()][last()]
>
> but it still returns all of them. Any help would be appreciated. Here
> is my
> xml:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <topic>
> <body>
> <p>
> <ul>
> <li>
> <p>1</p>
> </li>
> <li>
> <p>2</p>
> </li>
> <li>
> <p>3</p>
> </li>
> <li>
> <p>4</p>
> </li>
> </ul>
> </p>
> </body>
> </topic>
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing Inc.
> 585-366-4017
> rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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