Re: position() problem with // axis + parent numbering probl

Kay Michael wrote:
> 
> Can you tell us *exactly* what you wrote?

Here's the XML, XSL and output (the <temp> elements are just there to add
depth to the tree - making it look a bit more like my real problem).

XML
---
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE document>
<document>
  <children>
    <temp>
      <text>P1</text>
      <children>
        <temp>
          <text>P2</text>
          <text>P3</text>
          <text>P4</text>
          <text>P5</text>
        </temp>
      </children>
    </temp>
  </children>
</document>
---

XSL
---
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                version="1.0">

<xsl:output method="text" />

<xsl:template match="/">

  <xsl:for-each select="//text[1]">
    <xsl:text>First node (</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="position()" />
    <xsl:text>) = `</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="." />
    <xsl:text>'
</xsl:text>
  </xsl:for-each>

  <xsl:for-each select="//text[not(position() = 1)]">
    <xsl:text>Text (</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="position()" />
    <xsl:text>) = `</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="." />
    <xsl:text>'
</xsl:text>
  </xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
---

OUTPUT
---
First node (1) = `P1'
First node (2) = `P2'
Text (1) = `P3'
Text (2) = `P4'
Text (3) = `P5'
---

Note that the first template has been called twice, and a position() call
inside the template returns the correct position in the context list, yet
the result appears to conflict with the predicate [1]. In fact they are
mutually exclusive (whooops), just not what I was expecting.

Any ideas on how I should be phrasing the [not(position() = 1)] predicate?
At the moment I'm getting by checking the result of <xsl:number> inside
the called template.

> I think the <xsl:for-each> here is redundant. The <xsl:number> will give you
> the number of the first ancestor that matches the count pattern.

You're right - I'm sure I tried that! Thanks.

-- 
Warren Hedley
Department of Engineering Science
Auckland University
New Zealand


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