Yes - I've got that in there. That's not the problem.
If we follow my <xsl:sort data-type="number" select="@page"/> line, my
output will be in this order:
<question id="3" page="1"/>
<question id="1" page="4"/>
<question id="6" page="5"/>
<question id="2" page="6"/>
<question id="5" page="7"/>
<question id="4" page="18"/>
Now - as I'm outputting the second item, I want to access the first one and
find out that its ID is "3". That's what I cant do.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Taylor [mailto:taylor(_at_)ppdm(_dot_)org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 5:16 PM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] XSL - using for-each with sort - can't access
previous sorted nod e
Jeff,
Make sure that when you sort you specify the data-type
<xsl:sort select="@page" data-type="number"/>
or the 18 will come after the 1 and before the 2.
rick
At 04:45 PM 11/25/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Hi all... just joined this list. Greetings :)
I was wondering if someone might have an answer for me on this...
Here's sample XML:
<quiz>
<question id="1" page="4"/>
<question id="2" page="6"/>
<question id="3" page="1"/>
<question id="4" page="18"/>
<question id="5" page="7"/>
<question id="6" page="5"/>
</quiz>
In my XSLT, I want to sort by page. So I have:
<xsl:for-each select="question">
<xsl:sort select="@page"/>
Now - as I am doing things to each question during the for-each, I want to
be able to access the "id" attribute in the question outputted JUST PRIOR
to
the one currently being outputted. I can't seem to be able to do this. I've
tried using position() and <xsl:number> and combinations of the two, and
have been unsuccessful. Could anyone give me some advice?
Thanks,
Jeff
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