On 11-3-2010 22:35, Hans van der Meer wrote:

In xml processing I have the following element: <abc> <xyz>contents</xyz> <xyz>contents</xyz> </abc>

In the code it seems to make no diffence if I write /xyz or xyz without the / for the xyz-node. {\xmlindex{#1}{/xyz}{1}} {\xmlindex{#1}{xyz}{2}}

In the reference manual I find the / used, as for example in {\xmlfirst{#1}{/caption}}. My question therefore: what exactly causes this behaviour? is it good coding practice to always use /xyz in this case?

/ anchors in the #1 node <a> <b> <c>c</c> </b> <b> <c>c</c> </b> <c>c</c> </a> so, if #1 == a then /c is more restictive than c also, if you know that you only need the direct child node, it's faster as there is no need to go deeper Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------