RE: [xsl] two namespaces and a position problem

Subject: RE: [xsl] two namespaces and a position problem
From: April Fleming <AFleming@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 11:21:23 -0400
Ok that worked!  Will you please explain to me why I am able to reassign the
variable???

April Fleming

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-----Original Message-----
From: David Carlisle [mailto:davidc@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 11:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [xsl] two namespaces and a position problem


<xsl:variable name="x" select="position()"/>

s:AttributeType[position()]
means
s:AttributeType[position()=position()]
so the filter is always true so it is the same as
s:AttributeType

you want


<xsl:variable name="x" select="position()"/>
....
s:AttributeType[position()=$x]
although thi sis actually a strange thing to want as $x is the position
in your for-each which is
<xsl:for-each select="./@*">
and as the order of attributes is system-specific and unspecied your
current position number is essentially arbitrary.

David

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