Re: Indent based on position()

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
 <xsl:apply-templates select="content/line"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="line">
 <!-- Concatenate with a bunch of dashes -->
 <xsl:variable name="dashes" select="'---------------------'"/>
 <!-- Take the number of dashes corresponding to the line's position
number -->
 <xsl:value-of select="substring($dashes,1,position())"/>
 <xsl:value-of select="."/>
 <!-- Carriage-return-->
 <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>




Kirk Allen Evans
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brook Elgie" <brook.elgie@xxxxxxx>
To: <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:31 AM
Subject:  Indent based on position()


> Hello all,
>
> I've got the XML code:
>
> <content>
>     <line>This is the first line</line>
>     <line>This is the second line</line>
>     <line>This is the third line</line>
>     <line>This is the forth and last line</line>
> </content>
>
> And would like the html output:
>
> <p>
>     -This is the first line<br/>
>     --This is the second line<br/>
>     ---This is the third line<br/>
>     ----This is the forth line<br/>
> </p>
>
> So, when i process each <line> I need to duplicate the "-" character as
many
> times as the position() of the <line> being processed, I think. Can I do
> this?
>
> cheers
> brook
>
>
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>


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