RE: [xsl] Limiting a FOR-EACH loop

["Gurnam Bedi" <Gurnam dot Bedi at teachscape dot com>]

thanks for the reply brian martinez. i am not able to get this to work
though. the for loop does not iterate at all. r u sure this should work?

          <xsl:for-each select="/search/results/*[position() &lt;= $x]">

thanks again,

-g


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Martinez,
Brian
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:10 PM
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Subject: RE: [xsl] Limiting a FOR-EACH loop


> From: Gurnam Bedi [mailto:Gurnam.Bedi@teachscape.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:04 AM
> Subject: [xsl] Limiting a FOR-EACH loop
>
>
> How do I ensure that a FOR-EACH loop only iterates over the
> first x number
> of elements. Or more generally, how can I read the values of
> first x number
> of elements in a certain node [ex: /SEARCH/RESULTS] and
> ignore the rest of
> the elements in the /SEARCH/RESULTS (where x itself is the
> value-of another
> element)?

You could try (assuming x has been defined already):

<xsl:for-each select="/search/results/*[position() &lt;= $x]">
  <xsl:value-of select="."/> <!-- or copy-of if you need the nodes -->
</xsl:for-each>

So if x = 2, only the values of the first two child elements would be
output.

hth,
b.

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