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[xsl] trouble with preceding axis

From: Duane Gran <duane.gran@--------->
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Date: 1/3/2006 7:17:00 PM
I'm having some trouble using the preceding axis in XPath and would  
be much obliged if someone could steer me in the right direction.  I  
have the following document:



<root>
  <item order="3">
    <label>Title</label>
  </item>
  <item order="4">
    <label>subTitle</label>
  </item>
</root>

I have the following XPath to select the second item, based on the  
value of its label child:



  //item[label = 'subTitle']



Now I want to modify this so that I refer to the preceding item  
element, the first one in the list.  I tried the following without  
success (it returns the second item element):



  //preceding::item[label = 'subTitle']



Suggestions are most welcome on this.



Duane


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