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 [Hewko, Doug]
> How can I generate a numbered list for a table of contents in XSL? I can
> generate and indent the table of contents, but I can't get the numbering
to
> work. I thought of using the count() function. That works nicely for the
> chapters in the contents, but fails for the chapter names in the document.
> (They should match.) I thought of using a variable, but that seems quite
> messy. Any suggestions?
Yes - use variables!!! They make your job very easy. Before getting into
that, though, your html is not doing what you think. You are creating <a>
sections with no content which is unlikely to work and shows nothing
visible, and your HREF parts are not getting traversed at all.
Here is a stylesheet that does what you said you want, except it doesn't do
indenting or hrefs. I can see that you can handle them, anyway. This
example numbers things as you wanted:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method='html' />
<xsl:variable name='chapters' select='/root/chapter'/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<body>
<xsl:for-each select='$chapters'>
<xsl:variable name='chapnum' select='position()'/>
<h3>
<xsl:value-of select='$chapnum'/> 
<xsl:value-of select='name'/><br/>
</h3>
<xsl:variable name='sections' select='section'/>
<xsl:for-each select='$sections'>
<h4>
<xsl:value-of select='$chapnum'/>.<xsl:value-of
select='position()'/> 
<xsl:value-of select='name'/>
</h4>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
</body>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
=====================================
Here is the result:
<body>
<h3>1
Name of first chapter<br></h3>
<h4>1.1
Chapter 1 section 1</h4>
<h4>1.2
Chapter 1 section 2</h4>
<h3>2
Name of second chapter<br></h3>
</body>
=============================================
This displays just as you want.
As an aside, your stylesheet selected on section/name and chapter/name, when
the thing you were really processing was a section or a chapter. It's
better to select on the main thing you are processing, not a child of it.
Cheers,
Tom P
>
> My XML document is like this:
> <root>
> <chapter><name>Name of first chapter</name>
> <section><name>Chapter 1 section 1</name></section>
> <section><name>Chapter 1 section 2</name></section>
> <chapter><name>Name of second chapter</name>
> </root>
>
> I want my document to be like this:
> TABLE OF CONTENTS
> 1. Name of first chapter
> 1.1 Chapter 1 section 1
> 1.2 Chapter 1 section 2
> 2. Name of second chapter
>
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