Subject: Re: XPath question
From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:43:00 GMT
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you may prefer to to just generate your 1.2.3 number directly using
<xsl:number/>
but to answer the question
> I have struggled in vain today to come up with an XPath expression
> which would tell me how many elements are on the preceding-sibling axis
> of the parent of a given node.
count(../preceding-sibling::*)
if by given node you mean current node,
if $x is the given node then:
count($x/../preceding-sibling::*)
David
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