[MarkLogic Dev General] choosing children node

[David Sewell]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Paul M wrote:

> let $n:= <doc>
> <para>
> <g:german>grussgot</g:german>
> <english>hello</english>
>  Mr Herrman
> <g:german>wie gehts</g:german>
>
> <english>how are you today</english>
> We missed you at the meeting on Friday
> <joke>Well, we missed the good bier that you always bring</joke>
> </para>
> </doc>
>
> let $msg:=$n//para
> return $msg
>
> I only want either the english or the german version children of the
> para element. What is the easiest way to implement this? I only can
> envision recursively removing german child elements or english child
> elements. Is there another more efficient way?

let $msg := $n//para/(* except english)
  or
let $msg := $n//para/(* except g:german)

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