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On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 23:44, Garland foster wrote:
> Gee,
> file://b[preceding-sibling::*[last()][self::a]]
> This doesn't return anything in Cooktop but it does work with XML-SPY (!!)
But that's wrong (and Jeni's right), the XPath rec says:
"Thus, the ancestor, ancestor-or-self, preceding, and preceding-sibling
axes are reverse axes; all other axes are forward axes."
Eric
>
> Now the Standings are:
> XML-Cooktop 3
> XML-SPY 1
> Eric 1
> Garland 0
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@dyomedea.com>
> To: Garland foster <garland_foster@salutia.com>
> Cc: Mark Feblowitz <mfeblowitz@frictionless.com>; 'Dare Obasanjo'
> <dareo@microsoft.com>; <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 6:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Quick Xpath
>
>
> > Your test case:
> >
> > <foo>
> > <b/>
> > <a/>
> > <b/>
> > <a/>
> > <b/>
> > </foo>
> >
> > doesn't differentiate a "b" with at least a preceding sibling "a" from a
> > "b" whose immediate preceding is a "a"!
> >
> > On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 23:29, Garland foster wrote:
> > > XMLCooktop works with
> > > file://b[preceding-sibling::*[self::a]]
> >
> > Yes, but this matches any "b" having any preceding-sibling equal to "a".
> > > or
> > > file://b[preceding-sibling::*[1][self::a]]
> > > or
> > > file://b[local-name(preceding-sibling::*[1])='a']
> >
> > As Jeni mentioned, [self:a] has the advantage of also testing that your
> > "a" element has no namespace.
> > >
> > > While XML-SPY works with
> > > file://b[preceding-sibling::*[self::a]]
> >
> > But again, that's not selective enough for your request.
> > > but not with
> > > file://b[preceding-sibling::*[1][self::a]]
> > > and doesn't work either with
> > > file://b[local-name(preceding-sibling::*[1])='a']
> > >
> > > Interesting, which processor is wrong/right and why?
> >
> > Do you really think a XSLT processor may be right against Jeni :-) ?
> >
> > No, I am kidding and I think Jeni's wrong here and this should be:
> >
> > file://b[preceding-sibling::*[last()][self::a]]
> >
> > (preceding-sibling returns the nodes by document order)
> >
> > Eric
> > --
> > See you in San Diego.
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> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Eric van der Vlist http://xmlfr.org http://dyomedea.com
> > (W3C) XML Schema ISBN:0-596-00252-1 http://oreilly.com/catalog/xmlschema
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
>
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