Re: Nodes and counting

Subject: Re: Nodes and counting
From: Vivek Agrawala <vivek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:55:23 -0400
> (element child1 (
>    make paragraph
>    use: para-style
> space-after: (if (> (node-list-length (parent (current-node))) 2) 0pt
> 2em)
>   (process-children)))

Maybe you want:
  (if (> (node-list-length (children (parent (current-node)))) 2) ...


> I always get a false from the 'if' statement. 
Of course.  The parent procedure returns a singleton node-list.

> <question> Am I right in thinking that node-list-length (when all three
> children are there in
> a document instance) will be 3? </question>

Yes.

-- Vivek Agrawala, Ph.D.
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.	email: vivek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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