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Re: position()
- To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
- Subject: Re: position()
- From: David Carlisle <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:06:48 GMT
- References: <38E1B1F7.98996FD@xrce.xerox.com>
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
> I just noticed that in XT, position() behaves in this way:
as it should.
> then the xpath expression "A/C[position()=2]" selects the 3rd child
> of A, not the second one.
[ ...] applies to the current step so just C here.
If you want to select C children that are the second child of A then
"A/*[position()=2 and self::C]
> (I mean, it requires an xsl:if test="name(*[position()=2])='C']" )
name() isn't so safe, as it will be wrong if unexpected namespace
prefixes are used.
David
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