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Subject: Re: [xsl] Position() Function Using Filter
From: Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:33:26 +0100

On 28/10/2011 15:27, Murray McDonald wrote:

If you are sure that there will be one and only one "match" then the '[1]'
is unnecessary
index-of(//book, //book[ends-with(., 'ASTRO_00007.JPG')])[1]

But it's still useful to add the [1], because the poor old XSLT processor doesn't know there's only one, so if you tell it you only want one then it can stop looking when it has found it.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

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Re: [xsl] Position() Function Using Filter, (continued) Lighton Phiri - 28 Oct 2011 14:05:51 -0000 Brandon Ibach - 28 Oct 2011 14:12:01 -0000 Andrew Welch - 28 Oct 2011 14:11:50 -0000 Murray McDonald - 28 Oct 2011 14:27:08 -0000 Michael Kay - 28 Oct 2011 15:33:40 -0000 <= Liam R E Quin - 28 Oct 2011 18:19:10 -0000 Imsieke, Gerrit, le-tex - 28 Oct 2011 19:01:37 -0000 Lighton Phiri - 28 Oct 2011 22:35:09 -0000 Vasu Chakkera - 29 Oct 2011 12:07:38 -0000

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Re: [xsl] Position() Function Using Filter, (continued)
- Andrew Welch - 28 Oct 2011 14:11:50 -0000
- Murray McDonald - 28 Oct 2011 14:27:08 -0000
  - Michael Kay - 28 Oct 2011 15:33:40 -0000 <=
  - Liam R E Quin - 28 Oct 2011 18:19:10 -0000
    - Imsieke, Gerrit, le-tex - 28 Oct 2011 19:01:37 -0000
    - Lighton Phiri - 28 Oct 2011 22:35:09 -0000
    - Vasu Chakkera - 29 Oct 2011 12:07:38 -0000

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