Emulating axis "following-sibling-or-self" without union?

[Niall Smart]

Hi

I'm trying to emulate a "following-sibling-or-self" XPath axis without using the union operator. The XML looks like this:

<deeply-nested>
<select>
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">Two</option>
<option value="3">Three</option>
<option value="4">Four</option>
</select>
</deeply-nested>

I want the option that is selected and subsequent options (i.e., 2, 3 and 4). Is there a convenient way to do this without unioning two node sets?

Thanks

Niall

 

[Dimitre Novatchev MVP XML]

Hi

I'm trying to emulate a "following-sibling-or-self" XPath axis without using the union operator. The XML looks like this:

<deeply-nested>
<select>
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">Two</option>
<option value="3">Three</option>
<option value="4">Four</option>
</select>
</deeply-nested>

I want the option that is selected and subsequent options (i.e., 2, 3 and 4). Is there a convenient way to do this without unioning two node sets?

Use:

/*/*/option[following-sibling:ption[1][@selected]] /
following-sibling:ption

Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev [XML MVP],
FXSL developer, XML Insider,

http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
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