XPath query difficulty...

I'm trying to construct an XPath and it is giving me trouble. I have
an XML that contains a "Routine". The routine contains "Steps". The
steps have different types. Some types of steps have more steps
contained within them (substeps). I want to get a list of all of the
steps in a routine, including any substeps...but excluding substeps
that occur in a particular type of step ("Subroutine").

Below is a simplified example XML. The query I envision would return
all of the steps in the routine, including substeps found in the
"Loop" step type and "Condition" step type...but NOT including any
steps that are anywhere within a "Subroutine" step.

Any thoughts? My sincerest thanks in advance!

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<Routine>
<Steps>
<Step>
<Type>Calculation</Type>
<Other>stuff</Other>
</Step>
<Step>
<Type>Loop</Type>
<Steps>
<Step>
<Type>Calculation</Type>
<Other>stuff</Other>
</Step>
<Step>
<Type>Loop</Type>
<Steps>
<Step>
<Type>Calculation</Type>
<Other>stuff</Other>
</Step>
</Steps>
</Step>
</Steps>
</Step>
<Step>
<Type>Calculation</Type>
<Other>stuff</Other>
</Step>
<Step>
<Type>Condition</Type>
<TrueSteps>
<Step>
<Type>Calculation</Type>
<Other>stuff</Other>
</Step>
<Step>
<Type>Loop</Type>
<Steps>
<Step>
<Type>Calculation</Type>
<Other>stuff</Other>
</Step>
</Steps>
</Step>
</TrueSteps>
<FalseSteps>
<Step>
<Type>Calculation</Type>
<Other>stuff</Other>
</Step>
</FalseSteps>
</Step>
<Step>
<Type>Calculation</Type>
<Other>stuff</Other>
</Step>
<Step>
<Type>Subroutine</Type>
<Steps>
<Step>
<Type>Calculation</Type>
<Other>stuff</Other>
</Step>
<Step>
<Type>Loop</Type>
<Steps>
<Step>
<Type>Calculation</Type>
<Other>stuff</Other>
</Step>
</Steps>
</Step>
</Steps>
</Step>
</Steps>
</Routine>

re: XPath query difficulty...

I'm trying to construct an XPath and it is giving me trouble. I have


//Step[not(ancestor::Type[. = ' Subroutine '])]



Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev





"oopsatwork" <mkimberlin@gmail.comwrote in message
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re: XPath query difficulty...

On Sep 27, 12:55*am, oopsatwork <mkimber...@gmail.comwrote:I would think, this should work (not tested, though)

//Step[not(ancestor::Step[Type = 'Subroutine'])]

Regards,
Mukul

re: XPath query difficulty...

You guys are pimps...thanks for the help!