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Re: XSL Abbreviations


On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Ben Pickering wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have a really quick question.  What is the abbreviated equivalent of:
> 
> ../descendant-or-self::node()[generate-id(.) = $node]
> 
> The XPath docs say that '//' is equivalent to 'descendant-or-self::node()', 
> but if I try
> 
> ..//[generate-id(.) = $node]
> 
> I get an error, and
> 
> ..//*[generate-id(.) = $node]
> 
> is nearly there, but produces a different effect.  What do I use to replace 
> the '*', as I don't want to select the children of '..'s descendants, I want 
> the descendants themselves.  '.' doesn't work.
> 
> It seems to be that '//' is equivalent to 'descendant::node()', ie, 'self' 
> is not included.  What am I doing wrong?

Just reading the XPath docs wrong, that's all. // is equivalent to
/descendant-or-self::node()/ - note the leading and trailing slashes. You
could try ..//.[generate-id(.) = $node]

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