Re: count following-sibling node()

Got it, thanks!

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Vasu Chakkera <vasucv@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Calling node() is not the same as calling the Element itself
> Node in Xpath means:
> element, attribute, text, namespace, processing-instruction, comment, and document (root) nodes.
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> This is the tricky bit you should be careful about when you are using the position() function or calculating the following sibling etc..
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> Your logic will if there are other elements , or text nodes etc..
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> the easiest way to explain your problem is to introduce another element after your sixth EVENT , call it
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>  will call ONLY EVENT nodes
>  WILL CALL even the NEW-EVENT nodes
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> This is easy identification of problem.
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>
>  It gets tricky when there are invisible nodes like the text nodes.
>  will call ONLY EVENT nodes
>  WILL CALL *ALL* the nodes including the invisible text nodes.
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> Its really not *invisible* text nodes for a pair of eyes seeing XML for a long time. But it could be confusing!!
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> I think this is where you got confused.
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>  HTH
>
> Vasu Chakkera
> Numerical Algorithms Group.
> Oxford
> www.vasucv.com
>
>
>
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>> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:57:24 -0700
>> From: kstubs@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject:  count following-sibling node()
>>
>> Assuming the context is:
>> EVENT[6]
>> And there are 10 EVENT elements.
>>
>> Why am I getting different results for the following counts:
>>
>>
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>> Assume the following XML:
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>>
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