Carmelo,
If I understand your question correctly, for each element as the context
node, your magic number is
count(preceding::node()|ancestor::node())
or, if you want text nodes (and especially pesky whitespace-only text
nodes) to be excluded,
count(preceding::*|ancestor::*)
You may have to make an allowance also for the root node (depending on
whether you want it counted or not).
Regards,
Wendell
At 09:23 AM 3/15/01, you wrote:
Hi all:
Does anyone knows how to get the aboslute value of an element
within a tree? and by that I mean the order on which it is listed
within that tree. Look at the tree below
<child1>
</child1>
<child2> ...
To be more clear I am looking for this type of information
"child1" - is number 1
"child2" - is number 2
"child2-1" - is number 3
... and so on ....
in other words its "absolute position" as you read from to to bottom and
I want to know that information when THAT node is the context node
in other words if "child6" is the current node I want to know that
it is really number 6 as I read. Any ideas?
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