RE: Counter values in attributes??

It is my belief correct me if im wrong.  But HTML is more powerful than that
you do not need to specify the colspan for the first row.
Just use
<TR>
   <xsl:value-of Select="Container/@Descrition"/>
</TR>
<TR>
   <xsl:for-each Select="Container">
      <TD><xsl:value-of Select="Child"/></TD>
   </xsl:for-each>
</TD>
Although this may not be stylistic I prefer a keep it simple approach'
Ohh and by the way make descrition an attribute not an element

Regards

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Evan Easton
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 7:49 AM
> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Counter values in attributes??
>
>
> I'd like some enlightenment on counters if there's any to be had.  I'm
> having problems with this scenario:  I have a parent tag (container)
> that contains a variable number of children.  I want to prepare an HTML
> table that has a header cell containing the description of the
> container.  I want this header cell to span the same number of columns
> as there are children.
>
> For example, the XML:
>
>    <container>
>       <description>My Kids</description>
>       <child>Child 1</child>
>       <child>Child 2</child>
>       <child>Child 3</child>
>    </container>
>
> Should get turned into a table like:
>
>    +-----------------------------+
>    |           My Kids           |
>    +---------+---------+---------+
>    | Child 1 | Child 2 | Child 3 |
>    +---------+---------+---------+
>
> I'm trying to use a counter to count all the container's children.  I
> have a template matching the child tag in the "count" mode which
> increments the "childCount" counter.  Next I want to include the value
> of the "childCount" counter as the COLSPAN tag of the TD for the
> description header.  I've tried all sorts of things to get the counter
> value as an attribute to no avail (See XSL below).
>
> ----------- XSL Snippet -----------
> <xsl:template match="container">
> 	<!-- COUNT MY CHILDREN -->
> 	<xsl:counter-reset name="childCount"/>
> 	<xsl:apply-templates select="child" mode="count"/>
>
> 	<TD COLSPAN="{../xsl:counters[@name='bubbleCount']/@value}">
> 		<xsl:apply-templates select="description"/>
> 	</TD>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="child" mode="count">
> 	<xsl:counter-increment name="childCount"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
>
> So, is there a way to get the counter value other than <xsl:counter
> name="childCount"/> (which won't work in the attribute)?  If not, how
> else might I solve this problem?
>
> Evan Easton
>
>
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