At 2003-05-30 18:15 +0200, Oscar wrote:
here's a basic question (which I couldn't find any info neither on the net
nor looking into this mailing list archive).
It is a very FAQ.
The (programming) idea is to get a global variable and to modify its value,
The side-effect-free functional programming idea is to bind values to
variables within their scope thus preventing variables from being modified.
XSLT is side-effect-free, thus classical programming techniques do not apply.
To have the processor count constructs you need from your source node tree,
use either <xsl:number> or the count() function.
I hope this helps.
................... Ken
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