XPATH help

[cleccese]

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<listitem><para>text
<randomlist>
<I am here<para>text</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>text</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>text</para></listitem>
</randomlist>
</para></listitem>
</randomlist>

I'm trying to test if the top randomList has listItemPrefix="pf01" and ignore it if it doesn't have the attribute set

This doesn't work, I thought it would take me to the first randomList ancestor of listitem parent
../ancestor::randomList[1][@listitemPrefix='pf01']

Thanks for any help!

[thendricks]

Try: ../randomList/@listItemPrefix="pf01"


Trevor Hendricks<">mailto:->
Project Analyst -- Publication Systems
Technical Communications, MS: 078

[cleccese]

Thank you, Trevor, that didn't work.

[RichardSteadman]

Hi Caroline,

Maybe ancestor::randomList[last()][@listitemPrefix='pf01']
The ancestors are listed in reverse order, so you want the
last one to get the outer one.

Regards,
Richard

[cleccese]

this works:

../ancestor::randomList[1][@listItemPrefix='pf01']

Wait, what? That's what I had originally, but now it's working for some reason.

[cleccese]

Thanks, Richard, unfortunately didn't work. (There were two randomLists, easy to miss)

[berard]

How about:

./ancestor::randomlist[@listItemPrefix="pf01" and not(ancestor::randomlist)]

So that would be looking for an ancestor that has the prefix, but also is
not a child of other randomlists?


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> *From:* Caroline Leccese [
> <listitem><para>text
> <randomlist>
> <listitem>I am here<para>text</para></listitem>
> <listitem><para>text</para></listitem>
> <listitem><para>text</para></listitem>
> </randomlist>
> </para></listitem>
> </randomlist>
>
> I'm trying to test if the top randomList has listItemPrefix="pf01" and
> ignore it ...

[cleccese]

Hi Keith,

Thanks for the reply, unfortunately it didn't work.

This did: ../ancestor::randomList[1][@listItemPrefix='pf01']