RE: [xsl] Get value outside of for-each Statement

Subject: RE: [xsl] Get value outside of for-each Statement
From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:48:39 +0100
> I got a problem with for-each statement. When you are inside 
> a for-each 
> statement, how do you link the value inside the for-each 
> statement with a 
> value that is outside of the element being looped through ?
> 
> This is the xml:
> 
> <employee_name>
> </employee_name>
> <employee_number>
> </employee_number>
> 
> <employee_name>
> </employee_name>
> <employee_number>
> </employee_number>
> 
> This is the output I want to have:
> Employee Name: Test1                  Employee Number: 123
> Employee Name: Test2                  Employee Number: 456

It looks as if the only relationship between an employee name and the
corresponding number is that they are adjacent, so use
following-sibling::employee_number[1].

It would be more usual to have an <employee> wrapper element, in which case
you would do ../employee_number.

Michael Kay

> 
> 
> <xsl:for-each select="employee_name">
>    <tr>
>       <td> Employee Name: <xsl:value-of select="employee_name"></td>
>       <td>Employee Number: ______________________________ </td>
>   </tr>
> </xsl:for-each>
> 
> Any help would be appreciated
> 
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