Re: [xsl] counting specific nodes

["J.Pietschmann" <j3322ptm@xxxxxxxx>]

james walker wrote:
> given the xml
> <vs>
> <ve pos="1"></ve>
> <ve pos="1.1"></ve>
[snip]
> and given that i am starting on a node with pos=1 (or 2 or 3....), how 
> do i count the nodes which have position with 3 dots only (e.g. 
> pos=1.1.2.1?) and start with the current node position. I came up with 
> something like this:
>
> <xsl:variable name="rowspan" select="count(ve[starts-with(@position, 
> current()/@position) and contains(...........)])" />
> e.g. for position 1, it should be 4 (1.1.1.1 , 1.1.1.2, 1.1.1.3, 1.2.1.1)

If there are only digits beside the dots in the pos string, try
 string-length(translate(@pos,'1234567890',''))=3

J.Pietschmann



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