At 2004-06-26 12:19 +0100, Mike Trotman wrote:
I have an XML document with multiple subtrees starting at element
'SUBTREE' containing 'LEAF' leaf element descendants at various
hierarchical depths.
I need to know - for each 'LEAF' element - how many preceding 'LEAF'
elements there are within the closest ancestor 'SUBTREE'.
I would treat it like figure numbering in a book, where the figures can be
anywhere in preceding subtrees, and let the processor do the counting for you:
<xsl:variable name="count-temp">
<xsl:number count="LEAF" from="SUBTREE" level="any"/>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="count" select="number($count-temp) - 1"/>
This won't be negative because you said you would be counting from a LEAF.
I hope this helps.
.................. Ken
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