Re: [xsl] Problem With Different Colors for Alternate Rows

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"Schwartz, Rechell R, ALCAS" <rrschwartz@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jeorg,
> 
> Thank you. Mode seems to be working ok, except for one thing -- in my
> real XSLT (which is more complicated than the sample below), for certain
> data elements (e.g., side dish) I search for multiple occurences of the
> element and I concatenate them with commas as below. This is causing
> confusion in the assessment of the position() function. It seems to
> think I am looking for the position of the row, when I am really looking
> for the position of this particular side dish. This confusion is causing
> each side dish to print out on a new line instead of on a single line
> with a comma-separated list. Is there any way to test if this side dish
> is first or last w/o using the position() function (thus avoiding this
> type of confusion)?

Hi Jeorg.
If what you want is to know if this side dish is the first in a row, you only
need to tes if there is another one before, something like this:

<xsl:if test="not(preceding-sibling::sidedish)">
<!-- do whatever you wnat to do-->
</xsl:if>

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