RE: xsl:number counting "cousins"

Doesn't 

<xsl:number level="any" from="table"/>

give you what you want?

The from attribute is a pattern, not an XPath expression, which explains
why you can't use the ancestor axis.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Gustaf Liljegren
> Sent: 06 October 2002 21:29
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> Subject:  xsl:number counting "cousins"
> 
> 
> I have this source:
> 
> ...
> <colgroup>
>   <col/>
>   <col/>
>   <col/>
> </colgroup>
> <colgroup>
>   <col/>
> </colgroup>
> ...
> 
> And this template:
> 
> <xsl:template match="col">
>   <fo:table-column>
>     <xsl:attribute name="column-number">
>       <xsl:number count="col" from="ancestor::table//*"/>
>     </xsl:attribute>
>     ...
>   </fo:table-column>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> There's a fault here as you can see. The processor doesn't 
> like what I put in the 'from' attribute. It can only be 
> children, not "cousins", like here. Why this limitation? I 
> think the above is pretty much straightforward. :-)
> 
> If I write like in the example in XSL (no 'from' attribute), 
> I get problems like this:
> 
> <fo:table-column column-number="1" .../>
> <fo:table-column column-number="2" .../>
> <fo:table-column column-number="3" .../>
> <fo:table-column column-number="1" .../>
> 
> It starts over when it steps into the new group. What's the solution?
> 
> Gustaf
> 
> 
> 
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