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  <RefEntryTitle>component-descendant-node-list</RefEntryTitle>
  <RefMiscInfo Role="file">dblib.dsl</RefMiscInfo>
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<RefNameDiv>
  <RefName>component-descendant-node-list</RefName>
  <RefPurpose>Find all 'inputnd's within an ancestor element</RefPurpose>
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<RefSynopsisDiv><Title>Synopsis</Title>
<Synopsis>
(component-descendant-node-list inputnd complist)
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<RefSect1><Title>Description</Title>

<para>
Finds the first ancestor of <literal>inputnd</literal> in <literal>complist</literal> and then returns
a node list of all the <literal>inputnd</literal>s within (that are descendants of) 
that ancestor.</para>


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<RefSect1><Title>Author</Title>

<para>
Norman Walsh, &lt;ndw@nwalsh.com&gt;
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<RefSect1><Title>Source Code</Title>

<ProgramListing>
(define (component-descendant-node-list inputnd complist)
  ;; Find all 'inputnd's within an ancestor element
  (let ((nd (ancestor-member inputnd complist)))
    (select-elements (descendants nd) (gi inputnd))))
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