Got it, thanks!
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Vasu Chakkera <vasucv(_at_)hotmail(_dot_)com>
wrote:
Calling node() is not the same as calling the Element itself
Node in Xpath means:
element, attribute, text, namespace, processing-instruction, comment, and
document (root) nodes.
This is the tricky bit you should be careful about when you are using the
position() function or calculating the following sibling etc..
Your logic will if there are other elements , or text nodes etc..
the easiest way to explain your problem is to introduce another element after
your sixth EVENT , call it
will call ONLY EVENT nodes
WILL CALL even the NEW-EVENT nodes
This is easy identification of problem.
It gets tricky when there are invisible nodes like the text nodes.
will call ONLY EVENT nodes
WILL CALL *ALL* the nodes including the invisible text nodes.
Its really not *invisible* text nodes for a pair of eyes seeing XML for a
long time. But it could be confusing!!
I think this is where you got confused.
HTH
Vasu Chakkera
Numerical Algorithms Group.
Oxford
www.vasucv.com
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:57:24 -0700
From: kstubs(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] count following-sibling node()
Assuming the context is:
EVENT[6]
And there are 10 EVENT elements.
Why am I getting different results for the following counts:
Assume the following XML:
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