Subject: RE: Attempting to find the first index of a group of nodes in a node set.
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 09:14:25 +0100
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> I have a node with several child elements of different types.
> I would like to find the first index of one of these child
> elements. For example I have
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> <parent>
> <child1 />
> <child2 />
> <child3 />
> <child2 />
> <child1 />
> <child4 />
> <child2 />
> <child3 />
> <child5 />
> </parent>
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> I would like to set a variable that is equal to the position
> of the first appearance of <child 4/> or <child5/>. In this
> example it would be <child4/> at position 6.
>
count((child4|child5)[1]/preceding-sibling::*)+1
Michael Kay
Software AG
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