RE: [xsl] randlist followed by randlist with different indents

Subject: RE: [xsl] randlist followed by randlist with different indents
From: "Norma Yeazell" <Nyeazell@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 09:53:53 -0500
Thanks Ken, works great!



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Subject: RE: [xsl] randlist followed by randlist with different indents

At 2003-12-30 09:26 -0500, Norma Yeazell wrote:
>Thanks Ken, this works but I left out one little detail. The first 
>randlist starts with a bullet the second with a en-dash and the third 
>with a bullet. Any ideas how I can make that work?

Yes, from an item do a test on the count of the parent's
preceding-sibling randlist elements when doing the label:

   <xsl:choose>
     <xsl:when test="count(../preceding-sibling::randlist) mod 2 = 1">
        ...do a bullet...
     <xsl:otherwise>
        ...do an en-dash...

I hope this helps.

................................. Ken

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