Re: [xsl] Numbering new nodes using consecutive integers

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

At 12:40 PM 3/27/2009, you wrote:
> I added an additional level <G2> to a hierarchy of <Groups> and <G1>.
> I want to assign numbers to the newly created <G2> nodes, which identify
> them in the document. I managed to do so using <xsl:number>.
>
> Now it would be perfect if the numbering was done as a strict sequence
> of consecutive integers, meaning 1,2,3 instead of, say, 1,3,5.
>
> Can this be done in 1.0, or 2.0, for that matter?

In addition to David's and Ken's suggestions, here's a Gordian knot 
solution to consider -- is there any reason why this has to be done 
in a single pass?

The numbering would be trivially easy in a second pass.

In general, I agree that this isn't really a job for xsl:number, 
whose primary application is to generate numbers relative to the 
source tree, not the result.

Cheers,
Wendell


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