I can see the point.
Used in a straight xsl:value-of, it only returns
the first node as per xslt1;
Yet with a name like for.... anything,
its going to be grabbed very quickly by newbies.
In terms of utility, is it the only way to create
a sequence from source content?
That's what I was struggling with.
regards DaveP
I nearly posted it as
for $i in ../../row return count(*)
but just corrected myself in time to
for $i in ../../row return count($i/*)
unlike pretty much every other xpath or xslt construct, for does not
change the current node so ".", relative path expressions, etc all
do not work as you might expect: they all stay relative to
whatever was
the context outside the for.
so count(*) is wrong you have to go count($i/*) so the * is relative
to the node in the sequence that you are for-ing over.
This is destined to overtake "how do I make " as the number one
FAQ/problem in this list. Everyone will forget this.
David
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