Subject: Re: [xsl] limit count() to nodes with a position() < the postion of the current node From: "M. David Peterson" <conners_dad@xxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:01:54 -0600 |
Thank you Micheal. This was my one last remaining piece of the puzzle! Best Regards, M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:30 AM Subject: RE: [xsl] limit count() to nodes with a position() < the postion of the current node > > But I want to take this one step further and return the count > > of all nodes > > that have a position() that is less than the position of the > > current node. > > Taking the position() of the context node out of the equation > > I thought it > > would as simple as this (I used 5 as a test parameter)... > > Nodes do not "have a position()". The result of the position() function > is context dependent: it returns the position of the current node in the > current node list, and the current node list depends on how you reached > the node in your processing. > > I suspect that you are using "the position of a node" to mean something > like "the number of preceding siblings of the node", which is > count(preceding-sibling::node()). > > Michael Kay > > > > > > <xsl:key name="linkCount" match="lid[position() < 5]" use="."/> > > > > I expected it to return the count of the nodes that matched > > the current > > context node as long as there postion was less than 5. But > > it didn't. It > > returned the total count for the entire xml tree. > > > > So, my questions are... 1)What do I need to change to get > > the above example > > to work and 2)How could I then take it one step further and use the > > position() of the current context node as the parameter to > > test against the > > position() of the test nodes? > > > > Your help is much appreciated! > > > > Best Regards, > > > > M.David > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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