[xsl] testing for numbers of nodes

[Charles Muller <cmuller-lst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Friends,

I'm trying my hand at XSLT for the first time in few years, trying to 
get a dictionary ready for print-out. I've got just about everything 
working, but I'm having trouble with one point. In the explanatory 
section of each entry, I have this structure:

<headword>The Term</headword>
<sense_area>
<sense>Explanation of meaning #1</sense>
<sense>Explanation of meaning #2</sense>
<sense>Explanation of meaning #3</sense>
</sense_area>

I want this to be in inline paragraph format, not list format, so I have 
used <xsl:number>, so that I can output something like this:

The Term: (I) Explanation of meaning 1. (II) Explanation of meaning 2. 
(III) Explanation of meaning 3.

I did this with:

      <xsl:for-each select="sense_area"><xsl:text> </xsl:text>
       <xsl:for-each select="sense">
       (<xsl:number format="I"/>)<xsl:apply-templates />
       </xsl:for-each>
      </xsl:for-each>

I'm OK up to here with the XSL, but the only problem is, if there is 
only one <sense> I don't want any numbers at all. So I assume that I 
need to do a test, which will turn off numbering if the amount of 
<sense> is not greater than one. So I've tried a few things using 
count(), without success. I've been playing with this for a while now, 
and can't make anything work. The present code I've got (not working) is:

      <xsl:for-each select="sense_area"><xsl:text> </xsl:text>
       <xsl:for-each select="sense">
        <xsl:if test="count(sense) &gt; I">(<xsl:number 
format="I"/>)</xsl:if> <xsl:apply-templates />
       </xsl:for-each>
      </xsl:for-each>

Can someone perhaps see what is wrong with this?

Thank you very much.

Chuck
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