Re: [xsl] Set difference in xsl:number/@count, xsl:key/@match

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

At 2007-03-21 13:59 +1100, Deborah Pickett wrote:
> This is in the context of XSLT 1.0, auto-generating numbering for figures
> (illustrations) in print documentation.  I have a solution, but I think
> it's dirty and wonder if there is a better way.
> ...
> Auto-generating text to say "Figure 1", "Figure 2", "Figure 3" is easy:
>   <xsl:number count="*[contains(@class, ' figure ')]"/>
> but I need my flowchart numbering to be independent, and auto-generate
> "Figure 1", "Flowchart 1", "Figure 2".  I sort of want to say
>   <xsl:number count="*[contains(@class, ' figure ')]
>               except *[contains(@class, ' flowchart ')]"/>
> only set difference doesn't work in xsl:number/@count, even in XSLT 2.0.

Have you tried:

 count="*[contains(@class,' figure ') and not(contains(@class,' 
flowchart '))]"

That would seem to me to mimic what you were trying to say (though I 
don't know how you plan to do your numbering if one construct has 
both properties).

I hope this helps.

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


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