Subject: Re: finding position() of an element in a different context
From: Oliver Becker <obecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:01:02 +0200 (MET DST)
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Hi Kevin,
[...]
> <forms>
> <form visit="visit1Name" formtype="formtype1Name"/>
> <form visit="visit1Name" formtype="formtype2Name"/>
> <form visit="visit2Name" formtype="formtype2Name"/>
> </forms>
> </top>
[...]
> I need to find the position of the matching form (based on the IDs)
> within all forms. I can select the matching form be doing:
>
> <xsl:variable name="matchingForm"
> select="//forms/form[(@formtypeID = $formtypeID) and (@visitID =
> $visitID)]"/>
>
> But how do I find the position of that form within all <form>
> elements?
Just count the preceding siblings:
count($matchingForm/preceding-sibling::*)+1
Cheers,
Oliver
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