RE: [xsl] [XSL] Using Sort and Position Function

[Alice Wei <ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Dear Michael and Ken:

  Thanks for the tip. I have modified my XSL to

<xsl:template match="application">

  <span>
	<xsl:attribute name="title">
       <xsl:value-of select="type"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:value-of select="ability"/>
  </span>
   <xsl:if test="position( ) !=last( )">, </xsl:if>
  <xsl:if test="position( )=last()-1">and </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

the output is now accurate with "and" instead a "," at the last item.

Alice
> > The XSL:
> >
> >     <xsl:template match="application">
> >         <xsl:for-each select=".">
> >             <xsl:sort select="@rank" order="ascending"/>
> >             <span>
> >                 <xsl:attribute name="title">
> >                     <xsl:value-of select="type"/>
> >                 </xsl:attribute>
> >                 <xsl:value-of select="ability"/>
> >             </span>
> >             <xsl:choose>
> >                 <xsl:when test="position( ) !=last( )">, </xsl:when>
> >                 <xsl:otherwise><!--Don't display
> > anything--></xsl:otherwise>
> >             </xsl:choose>
> >         </xsl:for-each>
> >     </xsl:template>
> >
> > This stylesheet works.
>
> You're sorting a list that contains a single item. This item will always be
> the last in the list.
>
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/



Alice Wei
MIS 2008
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University Bloomington