Re: Number of node in list from stylesheet

Jeni Tennison writes:
 > <xsl:variable name="monthNumber">
 >   <xsl:apply-templates select="document('')//foo:month" mode="getNumber">
 >     <xsl:with-param name="monthName" select="$monthName" />
 >   </xsl:apply-templates>
 > </xsl:variable>
 > 
 > and then create a template:
 > 
 > <xsl:template match="foo:month" mode="getNumber">
 >   <xsl:param name="monthName" />
 >   <xsl:if test="@name = $monthName">
 >     <xsl:number format="01" />
 >   </xsl:if>
 > </xsl:template>

why pass the monthname as parameter, as opposed to 

select="document('')//foo:month[@name=$monthName] " mode="getNumber"

? doesnt that the work the same way, and look more natural?

Sebastian


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