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I gotta tell ya! Man is Brilliant! Worked like a charm. I looked into that but I am guessing the documentation from MSDN site did an alright job of explanation of <xsl:number/> Anyhow thank you so much. C --- Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > <xsl:number/> with no attributes will give you what > you want. > > Michael Kay > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: c p [mailto:bugs75il@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: 05 May 2005 18:07 > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Node position and numbering. > > > > Hello all, > > > > I have following XML: > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <service> > > <title>Printing the Page</title> > > <somenode>node content might go > here.</somenode> > > <step>Go to File menu</step> > > <step>Select Print</step> > > <step>Click Print</step> > > <somenode>you are all done.</somenode> > > </service> > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > As you can see the XML has a <service> node with a > > whole bunch of other child nodes. Out of all the > > child nodes, I am interested in getting the > position > > for <step> nodes only. Its pretty simple but > there's > > a twist. In the example above if I did > > <xsl:apply-templates match="service"/> and then > for > > each child node I did a position() then it would > give > > me numbers 2,4,and 5 for the <step> nodes. > However > > thats not what I want. I want it to give me > numbers > > 1,2,3 for the <step> nodes. The way I can get > that is > > by doing <xsl:apply-templates > match="service/step"/>, > > unfortunately due to the complexity of my XSL and > XML > > structure I cannot do that. Is there a way to > achieve > > this so I can get an output that will look like > this: > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > 1. Go to File menu > > 2. Select Print > > 3. Click Print > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > Note: Its not always guaranteed that the first > <step> > > node will start after <title> node or any other > node. > > It could be random. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thx, > > C > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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