Subject: Re: how do you redefine a variable[off topic]
From: Jeni Tennison <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:54:57 +0000
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Hi Tim,
> I noted your answer to Daniel about testing the value of position()
> mod 2 for alternating the colors in table rows.
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> What is the "mod 2" that you are refering to?
'mod' is an XPath operator. If you do:
N mod M
then you get the remainder of N divided by M. So doing:
position() mod 2
you get either 0 (if the position() is even) or 1 (if the position()
is odd).
I hope that helps,
Jeni
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