Hi,

> Is it possible  to find the position of an element while ignoring all 
> elements containing no text. For example, given the following:
> 
> <furniture>
> <item>table</item>
> <item/>
> <item>chair</item>
> </furniture>
> 
> I would like to output:
> 
> Furniture
> 1. table
> 2. chair
> 
> Should I match all the <item> elements and then only process the ones 
> containing text or should I be matching only those items that 
> are not empty?

Select only those that you want for processing, i.e.

  <xsl:apply-templates select="item[text()]"/>

that way you can use position() for numbering.

Cheers,

Jarno - Assemblage 23: Document (Original Mix)