XPath to find first cell in first row of table

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Subject: XPath to find first cell in first row of table
From: "Mark Giffin m1879@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 01:14:53 -0000

I have an XML table like below from which I am constructing a roughly matching XSL-FO table, and I need to insert something extra only in the first cell of the first row, as indicated:

   <table>
     <title>My title</title>
     <tgroup cols="3">
       <colspec colname="C1" />
       <colspec colname="C2" />
       <colspec colname="C3" />
       <thead>
         <row>
           <entry> text </entry>
           <entry> text </entry>
           <entry> text </entry>
         </row>
       </thead>
       <tbody>
         <row>
           <entry> <!-- insert something extra here only --> text </entry>
           <entry> text </entry>
           <entry> text </entry>
         </row>
         <row>
           <entry> text </entry>
           <entry> text </entry>
           <entry> text </entry>
         </row>
       </tbody>
     </tgroup>
   </table>

There are templates matching each element: table, tbody, row, entry, etc. In the <entry> template, how might I check if the current entry is the first one in the first row? Or is there a better way?

<xsl:template match="entry"> <xsl:if test="MAGICAL XPATH that tells if it's the first cell in the first row"> <fo:block> insert special things </fo:block> </xsl:if> <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="entry"> ... </fo:block> </xsl:template>

Thanks,
Mark

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XPath to find first cell in first row of table Mark Giffin m1879@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - 22 Sep 2016 01:14:53 -0000 <= Graydon graydon@xxxxxxxxx - 22 Sep 2016 01:25:46 -0000 G. Ken Holman g.ken.holman@xxxxxxxxx - 22 Sep 2016 02:52:08 -0000 Mark Giffin m1879@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - 22 Sep 2016 03:41:51 -0000

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