Subject: Re: [xsl] using position() inside Muenchian groups? From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:28:43 -0400 |
> There is an instruction that by definition works on axes and not on > the current node list: <xsl:number/> ... but it is designed for > exposing tree positions in formatted results, I very rarely find a > need to use it in a "programming style" within my code logic. I do > find my students quickly resort to using <xsl:number/> when > position() is better, but in your case position() is *not* better.
Ah, nice one. Googling the documentation of xsl:number would never have suggested this solution to me. So, to understand correctly, <xsl:number/> reports the original position in the source elements, while position() reports the position in the *selected* sub-set of nodes/elements?
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