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Re: position within same nodes

Subject: Re: position within same nodes
From: Laurence O Garfield <lgarfiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 14:59:57 -0500 (CDT)
Re:  position within same nodes
> Larry,
>
> Try (count(preceding-sibling::meep)+1), or
> (count(preceding-sibling::*[name()=name(current())])+1) for the general case.
>
> <xsl:number/> is another way to go. It can get fairly complex (look it up
> in the spec), but in this case you shouldn't need any attributes to
> configure the counting: it'll default to what you want. Bind it to a
> variable if you need to retrieve it through XPath.
>
> Cheers,
> Wendell

Thanks, Wendell!  They both worked perfectly.  I decided to go with
<xsl:number /> because it seemed more elegant/readable-1-year-from-now.
:-)

--Larry Garfield


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