Subject: RE: [xsl] position() returns what? From: Morten Andersen <mortena@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:44:40 +0200 |
When position() returns 2,4,6,8 it is because you are processing the whitespace text nodes between the elements, as well as the elements themselves. Use xsl:strip-space to get rid of the whitespace nodes, or use <xsl:apply-templates select="*"> to avoid processing them.
But you might find that generate-id() is a better solution to your problem than position() - I can't tell from your description.
Michael Kay
> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Morten Andersen > Sent: 24 October 2003 09:38 > To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] position() returns what? > > > ksI want to iterate through a list of elements and bewteen > these elements > put a link that indicates where in the xml-document we are. > > For instance I want to transform: > > <page> > <part name="title-1" text="This is the text"></part> > <part name="title-2" text="This is the text of the second > part"></part> </page> > > Into something like: > > <html><body> > <a href="editPart.action?number=0">Edit</a> > <h2>title-1</h2> > This is the text > .... > > My problem is how do I get the position / index of the part I'm > transforming. I tryed with: > > <xsl:template match="part"> > <xsl:value-of select="position()"/> > > But this outputs equal numbers: 2,4,6,8,10,... > I did expect that it would output 0,1,2,3,4,5 > > I'm sure this comes down to the fact that I lack some background > information, but I have a hard time finding that. What I'm > looking for is a > JavaDoc alike information preferably with good examples. > > > > > Thanks > > > Morten Andersen > Master of applied mathematics and computer science > Amanuensis (in e-learning) > > The Maersk Institute of Production technology at Southern > Danish University > www.mip.sdu.dk > Campusvej 55 > DK-5230 Odense M > Denmark > +45 6550-3654 > +45 6171-1103 > Jabber id: hat@xxxxxxxxx > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list >
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Morten Andersen Master of applied mathematics and computer science Amanuensis (in e-learning)
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