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Re: Xpath context

From: David Carlisle <davidc@---.--.-->
To: NULL
Date: 4/4/2005 8:06:00 PM
t.cimoli@g... writes:

> Hi all.
> i have a question: xpath queries are allowed only in the current
> context?
> Every example i find seems so.
> For example: i have to count the position of a child respect to its
> siblings and i have a pointer to him, but i am in an other place on the
> object tree. How can i use the standard query
>  (count(*[name()=$ObjName]/following-sibling::*) +1 )
> on that child - whose pointer is stored under a variable ?-
> Thank you everyone.

If $x holds a node set then you can do

(count($x/*[name()=$ObjName]/following-sibling::*) +1 )

to count the following siblings of the child of $x whose name is
$onjName.

David


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