RE: First close a tag, then open

> From: Patrick van Halderen [mailto:patrick(_at_)auto-interactive(_dot_)nl]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:53 AM
> Subject: [xsl] First close a tag, then open
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently facing the following problem:
>
> I need to format some data in a list into an HTML table. However, I 
> need 2 columns, so I thought of using a <xsl:if 
> test="position() mod 2 
> = 0"> after each item. However, when making things up, I 
> ended with the 
> following code, which doesn't validate, for closing the tr first, and 
> opening it there after. Check this:
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> <xsl:template name="supply">
>
> <table>
>
> <tr>
>
> <xsl:for-each select="itemname">
>
> <td>
> *The data in here*
> </td>
>
> <xsl:if test="position() mod 2 = 0">
>
>       </tr>
>       <tr>
>
> </xsl:if>
>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
>
> Does anyone know how to solve this?
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>
>
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