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RE: Can not convert number to a NodeList

2005-06-11 13:21:54
The expression in the select attribute of xsl:for-each must (in XSLT 1.0) be
a node-set. It can't be a number. 

In XSLT 2.0 you can say

<xsl:for-each select="1 to $line">

to select a sequence of numbers.

In XSLT 1.0, the "proper" way to do something a fixed number of times is a
recursive template. But the following technique is often used as a
workaround, provided the source document contains at least $line (or
$column) nodes:

 <xsl:for-each select="(//node())[position() &lt;= $line]">
        <xsl:for-each select="(//node())[position() &lt;= $column]">
                <td><xsl:text>C</xsl:text></td>
        </xsl:for-each> 

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/



-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos M. S. Bento Nogueira 
[mailto:cmsbn(_at_)student(_dot_)dei(_dot_)uc(_dot_)pt] 
Sent: 11 June 2005 19:58
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Can not convert number to a NodeList

Hi everyone. I'm trying to put this simple cycle to work :

<xsl:for-each select="$line">
      <xsl:for-each select="$column">
              <td><xsl:text>C</xsl:text></td>
      </xsl:for-each>

      <xsl:if test="$line&gt;1">
              <tr><xsl:text>L</xsl:text></tr>
      </xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>

but i'm always getting an exception: Can not convert number 
to a NodeList 
.
Yes this variables are numbers that must be passed to my xsl file.
I'm initializing them this way
<xsl:variable name="column" select="number(fi:styling/@column")/>
.

Any ideas how to workaround this? I've tried exslt.org but 
haven't found
what i needed.

TIA,
CarlosN.


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