Re: find position of first occurrence in a node set

Hi, James,

Did you change companies? I recall your e-mail used to be something else 
(or perhaps I mis-remember).

Anyway, you can use the xsl:number instruction to get what you want:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" 
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:number select="transaction_set/segment[@type='HL']"/>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Just tested it with Saxon 8.4 and got 3.

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
(presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)




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Greetings,

I have a node set that looks like this:

<transaction_set>

  <segment type='SL'>
    A
  </segment>

  <segment type='GS'>
    B
  </segment>

  <segment type='HL'>
    C
  </segment>

  <segment type='PR'>
    D
  </segment>

  ....

</transaction_set>


I need to find the position of the first <segment> element that has the 
type of 'HL'.  So for my example above it should return 3.


Thanks you in advance,


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James Neff
Technology Specialist

Tethys Health Ventures
4 North Park Drive, Suite 203
Hunt Valley, MD  21030

office:  410.771.0692
cell:    443.865.7874