> It was my understanding that you can increment a variable in
> xsl by 1, say
> during each pass of a for loop. Is this true and if not,
> what's the best way
> to achieve this?

Your understanding was wrong.

For simple cases like counting iterations of a for loop, use the position()
function. In other cases, compute the value of the variable as a function of
something in the input document, for example "count(preceding-sibling::*)",
or use xsl:number. In really complicated cases, write a recursive template.

But before you do that, get yourself a book or tutorial!

Mike Kay
Software AG


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