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Re: position() problem with // axis + parent numbering problem
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- Subject: Re: position() problem with // axis + parent numbering problem
- From: Matt Sergeant <matt at sergeant dot org>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:13:02 +0100 (BST)
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Warren Hedley wrote:
> David Carlisle wrote:
> >
> > what were you expecting? It looks OK to me.
> > Perhaps you wanted the (//text)[1] form which only returns one node
> > (see the second half of my example in first reply).
>
> Thanks David and Mike. (//text)[1] was exactly what I was after -
> I didn't realise you could do that. And thank you both for the
> explanations.
Wouldn't /descendant::text[1] be faster with most parsers? (or am I
mistaken in that would produce different results?)
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