Re: [xsl] Numbering quandry

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen:

It looks like you have the numbering of each node working okay, it's the 
numbering of the parent that's not working.

That's because when you say
        <xsl:text>Section </xsl:text>
        <xsl:value-of select="@title"/>
        <xsl:text> (</xsl:text>
        <xsl:number level="multiple" count="section" format="1.1.0"/>
        <xsl:text>, parent </xsl:text>
        <xsl:number level="multiple" count="section/section" format="1.1.0"/>
        <xsl:text>)</xsl:text>

that second <xsl:number ...> is still taking the current node matched by 
the template as its context node. The 'count' attribute identifies what 
nodes should be counted, but it doesn't change the fact that the number 
inserted is 'based on the position of the current node in the source tree' 
[XSLT 7.7].

So to count the parent, you have to change the current node to be the 
parent of the node your template has matched, for that invocation of the 
<xsl:number/> instruction. You can do this by wrapping it in a for-each 
like so:

        <xsl:text>Section </xsl:text>
        <xsl:value-of select="@title"/>
        <xsl:text> (</xsl:text>
        <xsl:number level="multiple" count="section" format="1.1.0"/>
        <xsl:text>, parent </xsl:text>
       <xsl:for-each select="..">
         <xsl:number level="multiple" count="section/section" format="1.1.0"/>
       </xsl:for-each>
        <xsl:text>)</xsl:text>

which will count the correct nodes ... then you'll have to adjust the 
'count' attribute to count the correct nodes (I'll leave you to figure that 
out).

Good luck,
Wendell

At 08:37 PM 4/12/01, you wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have numbering difficulty. I'm trying to number sections hierarchically,
> and also to include the number of their parent section, if they have any, or
> their own number if they are a top-level section. This is what I have:
> ...


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