Re: [xsl] Attempting to find the first index of a group of nodes in a node set.

[Joerg Heinicke <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>]

<xsl:variable name="child4-index" 
select="count(child4[1]/preceeding-sibling::*) + 1"/>

Regards,

Joerg

Melton, Joseph (LNG) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a node with several child elements of different types. I would like
> to find the first index of one of these child elements. For example I have 
>
> <parent>
>    <child1 />
>    <child2 />
>    <child3 />
>    <child2 />
>    <child1 />
>    <child4 />
>    <child2 />
>    <child3 />
>    <child5 />
> </parent>
>
> I would like to set a variable that is equal to the position of the first
> appearance of <child 4/> or <child5/>. In this example it would be <child4/>
> at position 6.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Joe Melton


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