Re: [xsl] Increment a Value in xsl:for-each

["Raj Avula" <raj_avula@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks jeni. It worked for me.

Raj.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeni Tennison" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Raj Avula" <raj_avula@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] Increment a Value in xsl:for-each


> Hi Raj,
> 
> > In xsl:for-each I have to read first Address and First City for the
> > first time, Second Address and second City second time and so on.
> >
> > My XSL template is
> >
> > <xsl:variable name="iCount" select="1"/>
> >
> > <xsl:for-each select="Address">
> >     <xsl:value-of select="Address"/>
> >     <xsl:value-of select=../City[position()=$iCount"/>
> > </xsl:for-each>
> >
> > I have to increment iCount in for loop.
> >
> > Can you please tell me how can I increment iCount in for-each loop.
> 
> XSLT doesn't allow you to increment variables.  There are usually
> other ways to do what you need to do, and there is in this case.
> 
> Use xsl:for-each to iterate over the Address elements and then use the
> position() of the Address to index into the City elements:
> 
>   <xsl:for-each select="Address">
>      <xsl:variable name="iCount" select="position()" />
>      <xsl:value-of select="." />
>      <xsl:value-of select="../City[$iCount]" />
>   </xsl:for-each>
> 
> Two things to note here: first, the Address element that you're
> looking at within the xsl:for-each is the current node within the
> xsl:for-each.  In your xsl:for-each, you're getting the value of the
> child Address element of the current Address element - I don't
> think you have nested Address elements, so I don't think that's what
> you wanted.
> 
> The other thing to note is that $iCount is a number, so there's no
> need to test whether the position() of the node equals it - you can
> just put the number as the value of the predicate and the nodes will
> automatically be filtered by position().
> 
> I hope that helps,
> 
> Jeni
> 
> ---
> Jeni Tennison
> http://www.jenitennison.com/
> 
> 
> 

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