Re: [xsl] problem with proper numbering

Subject: Re: [xsl] problem with proper numbering
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 12:04:57 -0400
Andreas,

If I'm reading this right, you don't want <xsl:number value="position()"/> at all:- position() is no good for your purposes. (Why not, is getting to be a FAQ. Perhaps a little research on what position() actually does would help you: it returns the position of the context node in the current node list, which may have nothing to do with the position of anything in the source document.)

My guess without seeing your source data is that you want something like:

<xsl:number count="slide|slideset" level="any" format="a"/>

or possibly to adopt a different numbering sequence for cards representing slides, and navigation cards generated from slidesets (this may be a cleaner way to go).

In any case, your solution is in the other attributes allowed on xsl:number, not the 'value' attribute.

Good luck,
Wendell

At 03:51 AM 10/2/01, you wrote:
Hi everybody,
I have a XML document I want to translate into a WML document, which should
include a table of contents linking to the other pages.
So I would like to transform "slidesets" and "slides" into "cards". The
problem I have is concerned with the numbering of the "cards".


a clipping of my code:


<!--TABLE OF CONTENTS WITH LINKS TO OTHER CARDS-->

<xsl:for-each select="slideset">
 <card>
  <xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:number value="position()" format="a"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="title"><xsl:value-of select="title"/></xsl:attribute>
  <p><b><xsl:text>slideset </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="title"
/></b></p>

   <xsl:for-each select="./slide">
     <p><a>
     <xsl:attribute name="href">
      <xsl:text>#</xsl:text><xsl:number value="position()" format="a"/>
     </xsl:attribute>
     <xsl:value-of select="./title"/>
     </a></p>
  </xsl:for-each>
 </card>
</xsl:for-each>


<!--OTHER CARDS--> <xsl:for-each select="slideset/slide"> <card> <xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:number value="position()" format="a"/></xsl:attribute> <xsl:apply-templates/> </card> </xsl:for-each>


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