RE: [xsl] Comment about XSLT Complier?

Subject: RE: [xsl] Comment about XSLT Complier?
From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:39:37 -0000
>     Does anyone knows how to get the aboslute value of an element
> within a tree? and by that I  mean the order on which it is listed
> within that tree.  Look at the tree below
> 
>   <child1>
>   </child1>
>   <child2>
>      <child2-1>
> 
> To be more clear I am looking for this type of information
> 
> "child1" - is number 1
> "child2" - is number 2
> "child2-1" - is number 3

Try count(preceding::* | ancestor::*)+1

Mike Kay
Software AG

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