RE: last attribute ?

depends on your definition of "document" :) If you're talking about the
parsed tree, then yes, the processor will process the attributes in the
document tree order. However, you have no control over what that order is,
because the attributes are defined in XML to be unordered, and so the parser
is free to put the attributes into the tree in any order it pleases when the
tree (or the stream of SAX events) is generated.

By trial and error you could look for a parser/processor combination that
will keep the order, but it's not required by the XML standard.

In any case, why are you even trying to order attributes? Since attribute
names must be unique, you should be able to differentiate between them by
name, not by order. If you need to keep ordered information, you should use
elements, not attributes...

- Eugene

: -----Original Message-----
: From: Brian Young [mailto:Brian.Young@xxxxxxx]
: Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 12:03 PM
: To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
: Subject: RE: last attribute ?
: 
: 
: Hello,
: 
: Why would the attributes not be processed in document order?  
: If they are not, how can this be forced?
: 
: Thanks,
:    Brian Young
: 
: 
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Kay Michael [mailto:Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx]
: Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 8:13 AM
: To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
: Subject: RE: last attribute ?
: 
: 
: > I tried e.g: (idea: if you are last attribute of current node 
: > don't do this if)
: > 
: > <xsl:if test="@*[position() != last()]">
: > 	<xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
: > </xsl:if>  
: > 
: > but position function can't count attributes ??
: 
: Write 
: <xsl:for-each select="@*">
:         ...
:        <xsl:if test="position() != last()">
:        	<xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
:        </xsl:if>
: </xsl:for-each>
: 
: The position() and last() functions relate to the position of 
: the node in
: the list of nodes being processed by xsl:for-each. Although it's
: unpredictable in which order the attributes will be 
: processed, they will be
: in some sequence, and only one of them can be the last.
: 
: Mike Kay   
: 
: 
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