Re: [xsl] How to select some items from list of items

Subject: Re: [xsl] How to select some items from list of items
From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 02:03:33 +0100
Hi Paul,

> i have a question on how to select some items from list of items
>
> for example:
> <book>
>   <item>AA</item>
>   <item>BB</item>
>   <item>CC</item>
>   <item>DD</item>
>   <item>EE</item>
>   <item>FF</item>
> </book>
>
> i only want to select the first 4 items and drop the rest. the
> output should give me AA BB CC and DD

In other words, you need to select the items whose position() is less
than or equal to 4:

  /book/item[position() &lt;= 4]

Cheers,

Jeni

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