Re: [xsl] increment value

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2004-01-22 17:16 +0000, Ricardo Saraiva wrote:
> I want to increment a value to concat to a string.

You cannot increment variables ... they are unchanged once bound.

> For example:
>
>         <a>
>               <b>1</b>
>         <b>2</b>
>       </a>
>
>       <a>
>               <b>3</b>
>         <b>4</b>
>       </a>
>
> The output would be:
>
>         <b id="b1"/>
>         <b id="b2"/>
>         <b id="b3"/>
>         <b id="b4"/>

Dynamically calculate what you need at each step:

  <b id="b{count(preceding::b) + 1}"/>

But, if you just want unique values and you don't care what the values are:

  <b  id="{generate-id()}"/>

I hope this helps.

.................. Ken


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