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Re: position of a child node
Maybe I will be more specific .....
>
> > and my context node is "testcase" and I want to find out the position of
the
> > descendant text node "some text here",
>
> what do you mean by position? An XPath such as *[2]/*[1] ? Do you want
> this as a string, or do you want the node returned, or what?
Its position within the sub-tree (numerical position)
<mainElement>
<testcase>
<child1>first text</child1>
<child2>
<child21>
this is the text node for I want which I want to find its position
and it
contains three dots (...)
</child21>
</child2>
</testcase>
<testcase>
<child1>first text</child1>
<child2>
<child21>
some other text that I don't want
<child211>
This is the text node for I which want to find its position and it
contains three dots (...)
</child211>
</child21>
</child2>
</testcase>
</mainElement>
As I am traversing this tree with a statement like
<xsl:template match = "testcase">
.....
At that point my context node will be "testcase" and I want to know its
position() (its order position , ie. 1, 2, 3, 4 and so forth) within that
node-set.
Note that when my context node is the second "testcase", then that
position within the tree is different since the tree is sligthtly different.
> > I hope I can get an answer to these questions:
> I think you need to ask more specific (or at least better specified)
> questions.
Actually I thought it was rather clear, but maybe it was not.
Carmelo
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