Re: [xsl] position() misunderstanding

["I-Lin Kuo" <ikuoikuo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the FAQ link. I appreciate the help as I'm just getting started 
with XSL.

I-Lin Kuo, Ann Arbor, MI
Macromedia Certified ColdFusion 5.0 Advanced Developer
Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer
Ann Arbor Java Users Group (http://www.aajug.org)

----Original Message Follows----
From: David N Bertoni/Cambridge/IBM <david_n_bertoni@xxxxxxxxxx





> I must be misunderstanding what a simple function like position() does.
Can
> someone explain to me why the following returns all even numbers in the
> result? I would expect it to be {1][2][3] instead of [2][4][6]

It's returning even numbers because you're forgetting about the whitespace
text nodes that are siblings of the book elements.  See the FAQ:

   http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N6099.html#d5877e70

Dave

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