RE: Number of node in list from stylesheet

[Jeni Tennison <Jeni.Tennison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:47 PM 5/24/00 +0100, Mike Kay wrote:
>> I have tried xsl:number, but the count attribute cannot include the
>> document() function.
>
>It doesn't need to. Just use <xsl:for-each> to make the relevant node
>current:
>
>   <xsl:variable name="monthNumber">
>     <xsl:for-each select="document('')//foo:month[@name = $monthName]">
>       <xsl:number/>
>     </xsl:for-each>
>   </xsl:variable>

Many thanks to Mike for this.  I had erroneously assumed that using
xsl:number within an xsl:for-each would have exactly the same problems as
using <xsl:value-of select="position()" />, i.e. that it would always give
the answer '1' because there was only one node in the set of current
node-list.  For those that are interested, the vital sentence within the
XSLT Recommendation is:

"If no value attribute is specified, then the xsl:number element inserts a
number based on the position of the current node in the *source tree*." (my
emphasis)

Cheers,

Jeni

Dr Jeni Tennison
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