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[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Following-sibling node test
 Most people use (position() = last()) to test for the last item in a list. The reason your test isn't working is that the last section with a non-empty HTML element *does* have a following sibling, it just happens to be a following-sibling that you're not including in your list. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Maria Amuchastegui [mailto:mamuchastegui@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 20 February 2005 20:43 > To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: Following-sibling node test > > I am trying to output a list of all 'ref' attributes for which the > corresponding 'HTML' element is empty. For example, given the > following xml > data, I would want to output ['2','3','4','5']. The final > element in the > list should *not* be followed by a comma. I am tying to use the > following-sibling node test but it's not working. How can I > test for these > two conditions (HTML element is not empty, and is last item in list)? > > <Content> > <Section ref="1"> > <Name/> > <HTML/> > </Section> > <Section ref="2"> > <Name>Summary</Name> > <HTML>This is the Summary section.</HTML> > </Section> > <Section ref="3"> > <Name>Details</Name> > <HTML>This is the Details section.</HTML> > </Section> > <Section ref="4"> > <Name>Contacts</Name> > <HTML>This is the Contacts section.</HTML> > </Section> > <Section ref="5"> > <Name>Terms</Name> > <HTML>This is the Terms section.</HTML> > </Section> > <Section ref="6"> > <Name/> > <HTML/> > </Section> > </Content> > > <xsl:template name="SectionNumbers"> > <xsl:for-each select="/Content/Section[HTML != '']"> > <xsl:text>'</xsl:text> > <xsl:value-of select="@ref"/> > <xsl:choose> > <xsl:when test="(following-sibling::*) and (HTML != '')"> > <xsl:text>',</xsl:text> > </xsl:when> > <xsl:otherwise> > <xsl:text>'</xsl:text> > </xsl:otherwise> > </xsl:choose> > </xsl:for-each> > </xsl:template> 
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