Re: Just the first 'x' elements within a for-each

Hi,

This doesn't seem to want to work whereas using:

<xsl:if test="position() &lt;= 2">

within the for-each does? Might this be something to do with the XSL 
parsing in XML Spy 5?

Oh and I had a good look around but couldn't find a simple description for 
'declarative programming'?
(I'm originally from an engineering background so no formal computer 
science background)

Cheers

Si





Jeni Tennison <jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
17/03/2003 17:42
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        To:     Simon.Fairey@xxxxxx
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        Subject:        Re:  Just the first 'x' elements within a for-each


Hi Simon,

> I've tried numerous connotations of for-each loops, recursive
> functions etc but for the life of me I can't seem to get something
> which will only print/process the first 'x' (in my case x is 2)
> elements and then bail out of the for-each or just simply ignore the
> remaining ones found.

In declarative programming, you can't "bail out". Instead, try
selecting only the elements that you want to process:

  <xsl:for-each select="*[position() &lt;= 2]">
    ...
  </xsl:for-each>

Cheers,

Jeni

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