RE: How do you count nesting level

You were close:

Try.

select="count(ancestor::section)"

Mike Ball

 
Application Services Consultant
Software AG UK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J S Publications [mailto:admin@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 October 2001 11:19
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> Subject:  How do you count nesting level
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I want to be able to work out how deep a given <title> is in 
> a document. In 
> the schema, <title> is always a direct descendant of a 
> <section>. Given the 
> following:
> 
> <collection>
> 	<section>
> 		<title>1</title>
> 		<title>2</title>
> 	</section>
> 	<section />
> 	<section>
> 		<title>3</title>
> 		<title>4</title>
> 		<section>
> 			<title>5</title>
> 		</section>
> 	</section>
> </collection>
> 
> Title 1 and 2 are at level 1. Title 3 and 4 are at level 1. 
> Title 5 is at 
> level 2.
> 
> I have tried:
> 
> <xsl:template match="title" mode="DoIt">
> 	<xsl:param name="Depth" select="count(ancestor::*[section])" />
> 	<xsl:value-of select="$Depth" />
> 	<xsl:apply-templates mode="DoIt" />
> </xsl:template>
> 
> But it doesn't seem to be working. What am I missing?
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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