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Re: position() within for-each usage
- From: Mike Brown <mike at skew dot org>
- To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:40:00 -0600 (MDT)
- Subject: Re: [xsl] position() within for-each usage
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Nuri Besen wrote:
> I am trying to use the position function to indicate the line I am currently
> processing but I want the position of the parent node.
position() returns the position of the current node in the current node list
(the set of nodes that were selected for processing by xsl:apply-templates
or xsl:for-each).
The 'position' of the parent node is something altogether different because it
is relative to some other list of nodes that only you know about. For example,
maybe you want the position of the parent relative to its element siblings, or
relative to all its siblings (regardless of type), or relative to its
ancestors...
> If the data looks
> like:
>
> <data>
> <item>
> <name>xyz</name>
> <lineitem>
> <cost>24</cost>
> <lineitem>
> <cost>30</cost>
> <item>
> <name>abc</name>
> <lineitem>
> <cost>24</cost>
> <lineitem>
> <cost>30</cost>
>
> and I use a for loop as to output HTML:
>
> <xsl:template match="item">
> <xsl:for-each select="lineitem">
> For item #<xsl:value-of select="position()">
> <xsl:value-of select="../name">
> the cost for lineitem is <xsl:value-of select="cost">
> </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Here, the output I want should have the item position rather than the
> lineitem position but because of the location it gives me lineitem position,
> which is correct within the loop construct. So how can I get the parent
> position?
Stick it in a variable before you change the context:
<xsl:template match="item">
<xsl:variable name="itempos" select="position()"/>
<xsl:for-each select="lineitem">
<xsl:value-of select="concat('For item #',$itempos,' ',../name,
' the cost for lineitem is ',cost,' ')"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
- Mike
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