Re: numbering sorted list

Subject: Re: numbering sorted list
From: Charlie Cox <xmldev@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 09:01:42 -0700 (PDT)
how could I look at the next item in the sorted list?

../color[position()+1] returns the element in the
original sequence, not the sorted sequence

for position() = 1, blue is returned, when I really
wanted red.

Charlie
--- David Marston/CAM/Lotus <David_Marston@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 
> You were close!
> 
> Marko Draisma asks:
> >In the generated text I want to sort and number the
> list like this:
> 
> >color1=blue
> >color2=red
> >color3=yellow
> [Where 1,2,3 are applied after sorting colors by
> name]
> >I tried something like this:
> 
> <xsl:for-each select="color">
> <xsl:sort select="@name"/>
> color<xsl:number/>=<xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
> </xsl:for-each>
> 
> >but in this case the number represents the original
> position
> >in the xml-file.
> 
> >Can anyone give me a hint please?
> 
> Just change that <xsl:number/> into
> <xsl:number value="position()"/>
> and that should take care of it. It's a nuance
> presented in the
> first three paragraphs of section 7.7 of the XSLT
> spec.
> .................David Marston
> 
> 
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