Re: [xsl] Position() Function Using Filter

Subject: Re: [xsl] Position() Function Using Filter
From: Vasu Chakkera <vasucv@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:53:50 -0700
why would you want to have more than one processors? saxon is good
enough and is very actively supported. unless you really have a
situation where you have to use more than one processor ( i cant see
).. The features of XSLT2 are too good to miss.
Vasu

On 29 October 2011 06:35, Lighton Phiri <lighton.phiri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am new to xslt --and could be wrong here-- but the few resources I
> have come across all seem to point to the fact that xslt 2.0 is only
> supported by a few processors --I only know of SAXON. I am trying to
> avoid that limitation. There are cases when I use SAXON though.
>
> Lighton Phiri
> http://lightonphiri.org/
> @lightonphiri
>
>
>
>
> On 29 October 2011 14:07, Vasu Chakkera <vasucv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>I am working with
>>> xslt 1.0
>> Why?? (just out of interest..)
>>
>> On 28 October 2011 15:34, Lighton Phiri <lighton.phiri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Thanks all the the valuable feedback. The count approach suggested by
>>> Andrew& Brandon did the trick :) --count(preceding-sibling::*)
>>> Awesome!
>>>
>>> just so you know, I forgot an important detail --I am working with
>>> xslt 1.0 and so "index-of and " and the book[tokenize(., '/')[last()]
>>> eq $bpage] hint wont work.
>>>
>>> Lighton Phiri
>>> http://lightonphiri.org/
>>> @lightonphiri
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28 October 2011 21:01, Imsieke, Gerrit, le-tex
>>> <gerrit.imsieke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2011-10-28 20:17, Liam R E Quin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 10:27 -0400, 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]
>>>>>
>>>>> On the other hand, the difference between /a/b/c[1] and (/a/b/c)[1] is
a
>>>>> major source of confusion for the newcomer and the "perpetual
>>>>> intermediate" [1] alike.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for confusing the perpetual intermediate with a [1] that looks
like a
>>>> positional predicate but that actually is a citation link. Pun intended?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sometimes you have to make the computer work a little harder if it
means
>>>>> getting the right answer more often.
>>>>
>>>> Agree [+1].
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Vasu Chakkera
>> NodeLogic Limited
>> Oxford
>> www.node-logic.com
>> ==============
>
>



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