there are 4 DATA children so
<xsl:for-each select="fmp:COL[3]/fmp:DATA[position() > 1]">
selects the 2nd, 3rd and 4th
the scope of that position() is just that step of the xpath, within the
body of the for-each, position() counts the selected items
so as there are three items selected position() as stored in
$parent-position will have values 1,2,3 which is one less than you
expected.
David
On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 at 18:54, Michele R Combs mrrothen(_at_)syr(_dot_)edu <
xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
I want to select all the child <DATA> elements of a <COL> * except* for
the first one. I’ve tried several different things but I must be missing
something stupidly obvious since it isn’t working.
Input data:
<ROW>
<COL><DATA></DATA></COL>
<COL><DATA>Adult Education Audio and Video Collection</DATA></COL>
<COL>
<DATA>SULF</DATA>
<DATA>Bird</DATA>
<DATA>Bird</DATA>
<DATA>Hawkins</DATA>
<COL>
<COL>
<DATA></DATA>
<DATA>24:F:4</DATA>
<DATA>36:G:5-7</DATA>
<DATA>234:A:1-5</DATA>
<COL>
<COL>
<DATA>Box 1-22</DATA>
<DATA>Adds, 3 boxes</DATA>
<DATA>Box 23-45</DATA>
<DATA>Oversize items</DATA>
<COL>
</ROW>
In my XSL:
<xsl:for-each select="fmp:COL[3]/fmp:DATA[position() > 1]">
<xsl:variable name="parent-position" select="position()" />
<xsl:value-of select="../../fmp:COL[3]/fmp:DATA[$parent-position]"/>
<xsl:value-of select="../../fmp:COL[4]/fmp:DATA[$parent-position]"/>
<xsl:value-of select="../../fmp:COL[5]/fmp:DATA[$parent-position]"/>
</xsl:for-each>
Expected output:
Bird 24:F:4 Adds, 3 boxes
Bird 36:G:5-7 Box 23-45
Hawkins 234:A:1-5 Oversize items
Actual output:
SULF Box 1-22
Bird 24:F:4 Adds, 3 boxes
Bird 36:G:5-7 Box 23-45
Hawkins 234:A:1-5 Oversize items
I also tried just getting all the <DATA> elements and then testing the
position:
<xsl:for-each select="fmp:COL[3]/fmp:DATA">
<xsl:if test="position() > 1" />
But that gave the same results. Just to be sure I wasn’t crazy, I added
an <xsl:value-of> statement to spit out the value of position() at each
point, and I see exactly what I expect there (1, 2, 3, 4). What am I
missing?
Michele
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