Perhaps you really want to know if there is a following-sibling *element*,
in which case the test is if test="following-sibling::*"

Mike Kay

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Yan Zhu [mailto:yan.zhu@[...].com]
>  Sent: 22 December 2001 16:59
>  To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com; michael.h.kay@[...].com
>  Subject: Re: [xsl] silbings
> 
> 
>  hmm, didn't work. :(
> 
>  I tried both following-sibling and following::, the test
>  is always positive regardless of whethere there is a node
>  or not.
> 
> 
>  Michael Kay wrote:
> 
>  > xsl:if test="following-sibling::node()"
>  >
>  > Mike Kay
>  >
>  > > -----Original Message-----
>  > > From: owner-xsl-list@[...].com
>  > > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@[...].com]On Behalf Of Yan Zhu
>  > > Sent: 22 December 2001 14:00
>  > > To: xsl-list@[...].com
>  > > Subject: [xsl] silbings
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >     is there a way to find out if a node has a silbing or not?
>  > > Actually, let me rephrase that, is there  a way to find out
>  > > if a node has a following silbling node? so when you use
>  following::
>  > > something would be ganranteed to be there.
>  > >
>  > >     thanks in advance.
>  > >
>  > > yan
>  > >
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