Hi Matt

1) nearly.
> count(preceding-sibling::node()/@ss:Index/preceding-sibling::node())
you're asking for the preceding sibling of an attribute... 
Make the test for the attribute part of how you select the first node, and
just select the first...
	
	
count(preceding-sibling::node()[@ss:Index][1]/preceding-sibling::node())

2) yes. Don't use copy-of, just use select.
	
	<xsl:with-param name="pp" select="preceding-sibling::node()"/>

have fun
Tom SW


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matts Isuls [mailto:matts.isuls@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 11 December 2002 13:54
> To: 'XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:  preceding-sibling question and node set as param to
> template
> 
> 
> Hi list
> 
> 
> Working with MS-Excel XML files and has run into something i 
> can't resolve
> on my own. 
> 
> q1::
> 
> What i would like to do is this:
> 
> Get first preceding-sibling of current node that has the 
> ss:Index attrib
> set. Then count the 'ss:Index' node's preceding-siblings. I hope you
> understand what i mean. 
> 
> count(preceding-sibling::node()/@ss:Index/preceding-sibling::node())
> but it doesn't work. result = 0
> 
> 
> q2::
> 
> Is it possible to send a node set to a template as param? 
> Something like
> this below?
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
> ...
> ...
>     <xsl:for-each select="ss:Cell">
>       <xsl:call-template name="testlate">
>         <xsl:with-param name="pp"><xsl:copy-of
> select="preceding-sibling::node()"/></xsl:with-param>
>       </xsl:call-template>
>     </xsl:for-each>
> ...
> ...
> </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> <xsl:template name="testlate">
>   <xsl:param name="pp"/>
>   <!-- do this and that -->
>   <xsl:value-of select="count($pp)"/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> Matts Isuls
> 
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