Re: [xsl] Numbering new nodes using consecutive integers

[Michael Ludwig <mlu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

G. Ken Holman schrieb:
> <xsl:number> should be used for adding text to the result tree and
> only used in variables as a last resort.

I think I may have heard that last week ... :-)

> > 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.

> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>                 version="2.0">

>         <xsl:attribute name="no"
>                select="position() (:within this group:) +
>                        (:count of subgroups within previous groups:)
>                        sum( for $g1 in ../preceding-sibling::G1 return
>                             ((count($g1/M)-1) idiv $M-per-G2 + 1) )"/>

Perfect! Thanks!

(I made a note to remember using XPath 2.0 comments to make complex
expressions less cryptic.)

Michael Ludwig