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Hi Stewart, You don't need all the counting stuff. If I understand you correctly, the test is simply: "is there a preceding def element?". If so then there must be 2 or more defs for the word. I.e. the following template should work just as well: <xsl:template match="def"> <xsl:if test="preceding-sibling::def"> <xsl:element name="strong"> <xsl:number/> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> </xsl:element> </xsl:if> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:template> Hope that helps. cheers Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: scruss@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:scruss@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:39 PM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: a nicer total sibling count than this I'm working with a dictionary marked up in XML. Conventionally, one numbers definitions (def elements here) only if there are two or more definitions for the given part of speech. To my surprise and delight, the following worked, producing heavy def numbers with a following non-break space: <xsl:template match="def"> <xsl:if test="(count(preceding-sibling::def) + count(following-sibling::def)) >= 1"> <xsl:element name="strong"> <xsl:number/> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> </xsl:element> </xsl:if> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:template> Is there a prettier/more efficient way of doing the same thing without resorting to frankly ugly '(count(preceding-sibling::def)+count(following-sibling::def))'? thanks, Stewart XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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