How to get access to the first preceding comment?

[gatwick2002]

My XML (version 1):

[q]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<w:document xmlns:ve="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"

xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" xmlns:r="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships"

xmlns:m="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/math"

xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:wp="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/wordprocessingDrawing"

xmlns:w10="urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:word" xmlns:w="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"

xmlns:wne="

http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2006/wordml">

<w:body>
<!--7-35|LTD_START--><w>
</w><!--7-35|LTD_END-->
<!--7-36|LTD_START--><w>
<w:r>
<w:t>This is a marketing requirement document.</w:t>
</w:r>
</w><!--7-36|LTD_END-->



<w>
<w:r w:rsidRPr="00FE6F45">
<w:t>$$$$$ ADDED PARA $$$$$</w:t>
</w:r>
</w>


<!--7-37|LTD_START--><w>
<w:r>
<w:t>Our objectives with this MRD are several:</w:t>
</w:r>
</w><!--7-37|LTD_END-->
</w:body>
</w:document>

[/q]


My XML (version 2):

[q]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<w:document xmlns:ve="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"

xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" xmlns:r="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships"

xmlns:m="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/math"

xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:wp="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/wordprocessingDrawing"

xmlns:w10="urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:word" xmlns:w="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"

xmlns:wne="

http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2006/wordml">

<w:body>
<!--7-35|LTD_START--><w>
</w><!--7-35|LTD_END-->
<!--7-36|LTD_START--><w>
<w:r>
<w:t>This is a marketing requirement document.</w:t>
</w:r>
</w><!--7-36|LTD_END-->
<w>
<w:r w:rsidRPr="00FE6F45">
<w:t>$$$$$ ADDED PARA $$$$$</w:t>
</w:r>
</w>


<!--7-37|LTD_START--><w>
<w:r>
<w:t>Our objectives with this MRD are several:</w:t>
</w:r>
</w><!--7-37|LTD_END-->
</w:body>
</w:document>

[/q]


My XML (version 3):

[q]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<w:document xmlns:ve="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"

xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" xmlns:r="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships"

xmlns:m="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/math"

xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:wp="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/wordprocessingDrawing"

xmlns:w10="urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:word" xmlns:w="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"

xmlns:wne="

http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2006/wordml">

<w:body>
<!--7-35|LTD_START--><w>
</w><!--7-35|LTD_END-->
<!--7-36|LTD_START--><w>
<w:r>
<w:t>This is a marketing requirement document.</w:t>
</w:r>
</w><!--7-36|LTD_END-->

<w></w>

<w>
<w:r w:rsidRPr="00FE6F45">
<w:t>$$$$$ ADDED PARA $$$$$</w:t>
</w:r>
</w>


<!--7-37|LTD_START--><w>
<w:r>
<w:t>Our objectives with this MRD are several:</w:t>
</w:r>
</w><!--7-37|LTD_END-->
</w:body>
</w:document>

[/q]

XSL:


[q]
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"

xmlns:w="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"

xmlns:a="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main"

xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice"
xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"
xmlns:WX="

http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/auxHint"

xmlns:aml="

http://schemas.microsoft.com/aml/2001/core"

xmlns:w10="urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:word"
xmlns:wp="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/wordprocessingDrawing"

xmlns:r="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships"

xmlns:rs="

http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"

xmlns:exsl="

http://exslt.org/common"

exclude-result-prefixes="exsl"
version="1.0">

<xslutput method="xml" encoding="utf-8" indent="no"/>

<xsl:template match="w[w:smartTag[@w:element='livetechdocs']/w:smartTagPr/w:attr[@w:name='remap']][count(ancestor::w:tbl)=0]">

<xsl:if test="preceding::node()[normalize-space()][1]">

<xsl:if test="preceding::node()[normalize-space()][1][self::comment()]">
<xsl:message>COMMENT DETECTED: <xsl:value-of select="preceding::node()[normalize-space()][1][self::comment()]"/></xsl:message>
</xsl:if>

</xsl:if>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
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How should I make it output COMMENT DETECTED: 7-36|LTD_END ONLY for version 1 & 2?

 

[tsuji]

[0] You use preceding axis. You do not expect anything from their descendants, do you not? Hence, I would say, you should just use preceding-sibling axis.

[1] Replace this part.
><xsl:if test="preceding::node()[normalize-space()][1]">
> <xsl:if test="preceding::node()[normalize-space()][1][self::comment()]">
> <xsl:message>COMMENT DETECTED: <xsl:value-of select="preceding::node()[normalize-space()][1][self::comment()]"/></xsl:message>
> </xsl:if>
></xsl:if>

by this.

[tt]<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="contains(preceding-sibling::node()[normalize-space()][1][self::comment()],'END')">
<xsl:message>COMMENT DETECTED: <xsl:value-of select="preceding-sibling::node()[normalize-space()][1][self::comment()]"/></xsl:message>
</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>
<xsl:message><!-- whatever message you want or nothing --></xsl:message>
</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>[/tt]

 

[FrozenGrapes]

When you use preceding-sibling it parses in opposite order as following sibling.

Ex.
last(),[2],[1],current(),[1],[2],last()

by default preceding sibling take the first preceding node so take away the [1] and it should work.

I just had problems with this, hope it helps.