Re: [xsl] values in sequence after tokenize

["andrew welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/11/06, Florent Georges <darkman_spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> andrew welch wrote:
>
>   Hi
>
> > Using xsl:analyze-string, how would I add a count to the matching
> > items:
>
> > <xsl:analyze-string select="$string" regex=".{{1,6}}\^">
> >   <xsl:matching-substring>
> >     <line count="{ ?? }"><xsl:value-of select="."/></line>
> >   </xsl:matching-substring>
> >   <xsl:non-matching-substring>
> >     <non><xsl:value-of select="."/></non>
> >   </xsl:non-matching-substring>
> > </xsl:analyze-string>
>
> > ...so that the output would be:
>
> > <line count="1">....
> > <line count="2">....
>
> > Is this possible or does it require two passes?
>
>   I'm not sure, but if I understood well, you need simply position():
>
>     ~/xslt/tests> cat analyse-string.xsl
>     <xsl:transform xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>                    version="2.0">
>
>       <xsl:output indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
>
>       <xsl:param name="input" select="'aa^aaa^aaa^^aa'"/>
>
>       <xsl:template name="main">
>         <xsl:analyze-string select="$input" regex=".{{1,6}}\^">
>           <xsl:matching-substring>
>             <line count="{ position() }">
>               <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>             </line>
>           </xsl:matching-substring>
>           <xsl:non-matching-substring>
>             <non>
>               <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>             </non>
>           </xsl:non-matching-substring>
>         </xsl:analyze-string>
>       </xsl:template>
>
>     </xsl:transform>
>
>     ~/xslt/tests> saxon -it main analyse-string.xsl
>     <line count="1">aa^</line>
>     <line count="2">aaa^</line>
>     <line count="3">aaa^</line>
>     <non>^aa</non>

:) !!

It didn't even occur to me to use position()

great stuff, thanks.