RE: [xsl] Siblings

[<Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> I need to offset a sibling match for an offset of X.  Example:
>
> <elements>
> <element item="1">APPLE</element>
> <element item="2">ORANGE</element>
> <element item="3">GRAPE</element>
> <element item="4">WATERMELON</element>
> <element item="5">CRANBERRY</element>
> </elements>
>
> If the offset were 0, then the result would be "APPLE", if
> the offse were 2,
> then the result would be "ORANGE" -correction- [GRAPE].
>
> The template is always applied in order of the item, but the
> look up is
> based on this offset value.
>
> So, the big challenge:  if the current item was 5 and the
> offset was 2, then
> the result would be "ORANGE".
>
> Any ideas?  Do you need more input?

  <xsl:variable name="count" select="count(../element)"/>
  <xsl:variable name="total-offset" select="@item + $offset"/>
  <xsl:value-of select="../element[$total-offset mod $count]"/>

Cheers,

Jarno