Olaf P�schel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm seeking for someone who can explain what I am doing wron with > the position() function. Asume following xml file: > > <?xml version='1.0'?> > <top> > <sub>one</sub> > <sub>two</sub> > <sub>three</sub> > </top> > > Then here is a XSL(T) stylesheet > > ?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; version="1.0"> > <xsl:template match="top"> > A List > > <xsl:apply-templates/> > </xsl:template> > > <xsl:template match="sub"> > <xsl:value-of select="position()"/> > <xsl:text>) </xsl:text> > <xsl:value-of select="."/> > </xsl:template> > </xsl:stylesheet> > > which gives the following output: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > > A List > > > 2) one > 4) two > 6) three > > This is just fine. Besides is there a simple way to make it output > 1, 2 and 3?
The XSL position() function is also counting the whitespace nodes that separate your <sub> elements. This is normal. You can tell the XSLT processor to strip the whitespace within the <top> element by adding: <xsl:strip-space elements="top"/> to your stylesheet, which should then give you the count of <sub> elements only. You might find this article helpful: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/11/07/whitespace.html Cheers, Chad --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
