Re: How to select a numbered group of elements

I think the mod  operator and "position()" function should work,
something like

    <xsl:if test = "(position() mod 3) =  0">

Good Luck,
Carmelo
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Subject:  How to select a numbered group of elements


>
>
> I have an xml file like (there can be any number of <tx> elements)
>
> <payment>
>
<tx><paymentId>123456</paymentId><payType>EURO</payType><amt>10.00</amt></tx
>
>
<tx><paymentId>123457</paymentId><payType>EURO</payType><amt>20.00</amt></tx
>
>
<tx><paymentId>123458</paymentId><payType>EURO</payType><amt>30.00</amt></tx
>
>
<tx><paymentId>123459</paymentId><payType>EURO</payType><amt>40.00</amt></tx
>
>
<tx><paymentId>123460</paymentId><payType>EURO</payType><amt>50.00</amt></tx
>
> </payment>
>
> which I need to group in sets of 3 so that I can output a checksum line
every
> three lines of the <amt> tags. I also need to do this for the last line as
well
>
> eg
> Header Text
> 123456    EURO 10.00
> 123457    EURO 20.00
> 123458    EURO 30.00
> Checksum  60.00
> 123459    EURO 40.00
> 123460 EURO    50.00
> Checksum  90.00
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>
> Is this possible with XSLT
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