document(X)//mot[3] selects every mot element that is the third child of
its parent. If you want the third mot element in the document, you need

(document(X)//mot)[3]

Michael Kay


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> François Parlant
> Sent: 26 June 2003 09:05
> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  position() problem
> 
> 
> Hi,
>  My pb with this drives me crazy, and as my latest post 
> did'nt get answered, I'll give a simpler try.
> 
> Why does "document('mygloss.xml')//mot[$pos]" only gives 
> answer for $pos=1 and returns nothing for all other values? 
> I've also tried some number($pos), but it didn't work.
> 
> Please any help would be great.
>  François
> 
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