Re: [xsl] counter vs. functional counterpart

[Jeff Shelley <jshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, everybody, for your help.  If anybody ever has any crazy Java 
questions, I owe you big time.

Dimitre Novatchev wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Jeff
> Shelley<jshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > Hello.
> >   Does anybody know what xsl file can take this:
> >
> > <rows>
> >   <row>
> >       <name>John</name>
> >       <otherName/>
> >   </row>
> >   <row>
> >       <name>Paul</name>
> >       <otherName/>
> >   </row>
> >   <row>
> >       <name>Ringo</name>
> >       <nickName>ClassCastException</nickName>
> >   </row>
> >   <row>
> >       <name>George</name>
> >       <otherName/>
> >   </row>
> > </rows>
> >
> >
> > and turn it into this?
> >
> >        1-John
> >        2-Paul
> >        3-Ringo
> >        4-ClassCastException
> >        5-George
> >     
>
> This problem is so simple, that it doesn't ever need <xsl:number/>:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
>  <xsl:output method="text"/>
>
> 	<xsl:template match="/">
> 	  <xsl:for-each select=
> 	     "*/*/*[self::name or self::nickName]">
> 	
> 	     <xsl:value-of select=
> 	       "concat('&#xA;', position(), '-', .)"/>
> 	  </xsl:for-each>
> 	</xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>   

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