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I am a newbie to xsl stylesheets as well as xml. I have set myself a
specific task as my first "assignment." I have a set of English
grammar exercises for which I want to build an answer key. The
exercises are not in XML format yet, so I have control over the XML
format as well as the XSL stylesheet.
Here is my first trial XML document. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Story> <chapter>The Sentence Base?</chapter> <GrammarTopic>Finding Subjects</GrammarTopic> <Directions>Underline the subject in each sentence. If the subject is an understood you, write you.</Directions> <GrammarQuiz> <Item>1. Find your seats quickly. <Answer>you</Answer></Item> <Item>2. During open auditions there are very few empty <Answer>seats</Answer> in the auditorium.</Item> <Item>3. Have <Answer>you</Answer> heard the director's name?</Item> </GrammarQuiz> </Story> And here is the stylesheet. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:copy-of select="Story/GrammarQuiz/Item/Answer" /> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> The result is: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Answer>you</Answer><Answer>seats</Answer><Answer>you</Answer><Answer>actress</Answer><Answer>director</Answer> This result is okay, but I would like to number each answer. I have tried to add this line after the copy-of select line: <xsl:number count="*" format="1. "/> This line does not change the output. There are other anomalies (or what appear to me to be anomalies.) For example, when I change copy-of select to value-of select I get this output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>you. I am using SAXON 6.5.4 on a Windows laptop. I have tried the same on Mas OS X with XSLT Tester with the same result-- which only proves that it is my stylesheet that is at fault (along with my thinking). Any help would be appreciated. Terry
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