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Matt MagsSubject: Rookie Question
Author: Matt Mags
Date: 11 Jul 2007 02:23 PM
Ok I need to write a template that effectively walks a tree in stages.
I need to be able to give it a root node and say "do X to children 0 to 6." I also need to be able to tell it "do Y to children 8 to 12"

I'm brand new to XSLT so this is really throwing me.

I have an XML story structure with "parag" sub-elements that make up a story to be posted online.

I.E.

Story
|
parag, parag, parag

So the goal here is to have some parags on the same page but others on different pages. The XML sadly doesn't say this explicitly, instead it says parags 0-6 go on page 1, etc etc.

Can anyone give me a clue to how to approach this problem? Thanks
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Tony LavinioSubject: Rookie Question
Author: Tony Lavinio
Date: 12 Jul 2007 12:29 AM
you want to select="element[position() <= 6]"
or select="element[position() > 6 and position() <= 8]"
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Matt MagsSubject: Rookie Question
Author: Matt Mags
Date: 12 Jul 2007 01:34 PM
Thanks that helped a lot.
One more question:
Any idea how to do that with preceeding-sibling?

I'm using

select = "preceding-sibling::page"

to get an element from the previous sibling but I just want the immediate previous sibling not all of them which is what that line seems to provide.

I know that position() returns the "index" of my current node but how can I use that to compare where I am right now to my nearest previous sibling?
Thank you
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James DurningSubject: Rookie Question
Author: James Durning
Date: 12 Jul 2007 01:40 PM
preceding-sibling::page[1] gives the immediately preceding page node.
the value of position() changes when you use an axis
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Matt MagsSubject: Rookie Question
Author: Matt Mags
Date: 12 Jul 2007 02:13 PM
Thanks that worked great =)
   
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