Mega Code Archive
First subject preceding Java is
<![CDATA[
File: Data.xml
<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<product>
<books>
<book>
Getting Started with Microsoft Visual C++
</book>
<book>Java</book>
</books>
</product>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/product">
First subject preceding "Java" is
<xsl:value-of
select="//subject[. = 'Java'
]/preceding-sibling::subject[ 1 ]" />
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
First subject preceding "Java" is
]]>