Get root attribute values

[GIMME]

Hi,

<root some_attr="edit">
<a/><a/>
<root>

How do I access the value of some_attr when processing <a/> ?

Sort of like if I had
<root>
<some_attr>edit</some_attr>
</root>

Then I could count on fetching some_attr as /root/some_attr .
But here I want to use an attribute not an element as in the
sort of like example.

Thanks.

[Alex Shirshov]

Hello, GIMME!
You wrote on 8 Apr 2004 17:56:55 -0700:

G> <root some_attr="edit">
G> <a/><a/>
G> <root>

G> How do I access the value of some_attr when processing <a/> ?

If the context node is a, then you can get the value of some_attr by the
following xpath

.../@some_attr
[Sorry, skipped]
With best regards, Alex Shirshov.

[GIMME]

Thanks Alex,

Is there a top down solution rather than a bottom up solution,
or is that it?
"Alex Shirshov" <no****@mail.ru> wrote in message news:<c5***********@news.gamma.ru>...

Hello, GIMME!
You wrote on 8 Apr 2004 17:56:55 -0700:

G> <root some_attr="edit">
G> <a/><a/>
G> <root>

G> How do I access the value of some_attr when processing <a/> ?

If the context node is a, then you can get the value of some_attr by the
following xpath

../@some_attr
[Sorry, skipped]
With best regards, Alex Shirshov.

[Patrick TJ McPhee]

In article <3f**************************@posting.google.com >,
GIMME <gi*******************@yahoo.com> wrote:

[reorganised and cut down ...]
% "Alex Shirshov" <no****@mail.ru> wrote in message
% news:<c5***********@news.gamma.ru>...

[...]

% > If the context node is a, then you can get the value of some_attr by the
% > following xpath
% >
% > ../@some_attr

% Is there a top down solution rather than a bottom up solution,
% or is that it?

You can use /root/@some_attr.

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