Re: [xsl] xsl:number query

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

At 2010-03-08 16:48 -0500, Terry Ofner wrote:
> I am having trouble getting an accurate count using xsl:number.
>
> Here is a snippet of my input document:
>
> <div class="story">
>                                 <p class="test">A</p>
>                                 <p class="head-testname">READING 
> COMPREHENSION</p>
>                                 <p 
> class="bodytext-directionsrevise">Directions: Read the
> selection. Then answer the questions that follow.</p>
>                                 <p 
> class="head-selectiontitle">Jason and the Golden Fleece</p>
>                                    ...
>                                 <p 
> class="bodytext-directionsrule1">Directions: Read the
> selection. Then answer the questions that follow.</p>
>                                 <p class="head-selectiontitle">Freight</p>
>                                 <p 
> class="bodytext-selectionintro">This is an ... Underground
> Railroad.</p>
>                                 <p class="bodytext-subhead">Cast of 
> Characters</p>
> </div>
>
> I am attempting to include in the same sequence both <p
> class="bodytext-directionsrevise"> and <p class="bodytext- directionsrule1">.
>
> Here is the relevant template from my 2.0 stylesheet:
>
> <xsl:template match="p[@class='bodytext-directionsrevise'] |
> p[@class='bodytext-directionsrule1']">
> <narrative>
>      <xsl:attribute name="name"><xsl:number select="." count="*"
> from="story"></xsl:number></xsl:attribute>

You are using count= incorrectly.  It is a match pattern.  You 
indicate those items that participate in the counting:

  count="p[@class='bodytext-directionsrevise'] |
         p[@class='bodytext-directionsrule1']"

... or if you are using XSLT 2:

  count="p[@class=('bodytext-directionsrevise','bodytext-directionsrule1')]"

> How can I tell xsl:number to count the specified attributes?

I'm assuming you mean "count the p elements that have the specified 
attributes".

BTW, it happens that my XSLT Video lecture on <xsl:number> is the 
exposed example lecture on YouTube:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrNjJCh7Ppg&amp;fmt=18

The entire video is 24 hours long.  This lecture is about 25 minutes 
long.  The video is sold with a copy of our PDF book (with perpetual 
updates), and a copy of the hands-on exercises that are walked 
through by me in the lectures.  The overview of the entire video is here:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTiodiij6gE&amp;fmt=18

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . Ken

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