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Subject: Re: Position() Function Using Filter
From: Lighton Phiri <lighton.phiri@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:35:07 +0200
Re:  Position() Function Using Filter
I am new to xslt --and could be wrong here-- but the few resources I
have come across all seem to point to the fact that xslt 2.0 is only
supported by a few processors --I only know of SAXON. I am trying to
avoid that limitation. There are cases when I use SAXON though.

Lighton Phiri
http://lightonphiri.org/
@lightonphiri




On 29 October 2011 14:07, Vasu Chakkera <vasucv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>I am working with
>> xslt 1.0
> Why?? (just out of interest..)
>
> On 28 October 2011 15:34, Lighton Phiri <lighton.phiri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Thanks all the the valuable feedback. The count approach suggested by
>> Andrew& Brandon did the trick :) --count(preceding-sibling::*)
>> Awesome!
>>
>> just so you know, I forgot an important detail --I am working with
>> xslt 1.0 and so "index-of and " and the book[tokenize(., '/')[last()]
>> eq $bpage] hint wont work.
>>
>> Lighton Phiri
>> http://lightonphiri.org/
>> @lightonphiri
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 28 October 2011 21:01, Imsieke, Gerrit, le-tex
>> <gerrit.imsieke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2011-10-28 20:17, Liam R E Quin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 10:27 -0400, Murray McDonald wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are sure that there will be one and only one "match" then the
>>>>> '[1]'
>>>>> is unnecessary
>>>>>
>>>>> index-of(//book, //book[ends-with(., 'ASTRO_00007.JPG')])[1]
>>>>
>>>> On the other hand, the difference between /a/b/c[1] and (/a/b/c)[1] is a
>>>> major source of confusion for the newcomer and the "perpetual
>>>> intermediate" [1] alike.
>>>
>>> Thanks for confusing the perpetual intermediate with a [1] that looks like
a
>>> positional predicate but that actually is a citation link. Pun intended?
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sometimes you have to make the computer work a little harder if it means
>>>> getting the right answer more often.
>>>
>>> Agree [+1].
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Vasu Chakkera
> NodeLogic Limited
> Oxford
> www.node-logic.com
> ==============

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