Re: [xsl] document function cached?

["Michel Hendriksen" <michel.hendriksen@xxxxxxxxx>]

But position() would return a number and it seems such an obvious way to use 
it as an index...

Nice btw to use the select on a message, saves some typing!

MIchel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Carlisle" <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Michel Hendriksen" <michel.hendriksen@xxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 18:26 PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] document function cached?


> On 07/02/2013 17:17, Michel Hendriksen wrote:
> > <xsl:message><xsl:value-of
> > select="$file-nbn-set/nbn-set/nbn[position()]"/></xsl:message>
>
>
> a filter of /foo/bar[position()] with a numeric value
>
> is short for the boolean test
>
>  /foo/bar[position()=position()]
>
> so the test is always true.
>
> Also xsl:message has a select attribute so you can use
>
> <xsl:message select="$file-nbn-set/nbn-set/nbn[position()=5]"/>
>
> David
>
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