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Subject: Re: count following-sibling node()
From: "Karl Stubsjoen" <kstubs@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:15:51 -0700
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.
>
> This is the tricky bit you should be careful about when you are using the position() function or calculating the following sibling etc..
>
> Your logic will if there are other elements , or text nodes etc..
>
> the easiest way to explain your problem is to introduce another element after your sixth EVENT , call it
>
>  will call ONLY EVENT nodes
>  WILL CALL even the NEW-EVENT nodes
>
>
> This is easy identification of problem.
>
>
>  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.
>
> Its really not *invisible* text nodes for a pair of eyes seeing XML for a long time. But it could be confusing!!
>
> I think this is where you got confused.
>
>  HTH
>
> Vasu Chakkera
> Numerical Algorithms Group.
> Oxford
> www.vasucv.com
>
>
>
>
>> 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:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Assume the following XML:
>>
>>
>>
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