Re: [xsl] for vs. for-each

["Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2021-03-14 at 20:09 +0000, Wendell Piez wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Another way to gloss this is that while "$values[.]" doesn't have the
> intended effect,
> 
> <xsl:for-each select="1 to count($values)">
> B B B  <xsl:variable name="p" select="."/>
> B B B  <xsl:sequence select="$values[$p]"/>
> </xsl:for-each>
> 
> Oughta work just fine.

I've often wished for,
<xsl:for-each select="1to 20" at="pos">
as a short-cut for
  <xsl:variable  as="xs:integer" select="position()" />

by analogy with XQuery, for $i at $pos in $sequence return ...

But then, i tnd to try writing group by in XPath expressions too :)

Liam


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