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Hello,
I'm trying to figure out how to count the preceding set of cousins of a particular element, but am having trouble figuring out the proper method. My XML goes something like so: <div>
<p></p>
<block>
<p></p>
<p></p>
</block>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<block>
<p></p>
</block>
</div>I'm trying to count all the preceding /block/p elements of the current one, being sure to not count 'p' elements at different levels, etc. My XSL looks something like this: <xsl:template match="block" mode="main"> <xsl:apply-templates mode="grandchild" /> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="p" mode="grandchild"> <xsl:number format="1." level="multiple" value="count(preceding::p) + 1"/> </xsl:template> Unfortunately, the above counts all <p> elements in the whole tree, not just cousins (but uncles, aunts, and even the neighbour's dog). I also tried to make something work with preceding-siblings, but that obviously only counts according to the current parent 'block', so the numbering restarts for each new parent. I even got a count of all immediate cousins, however that was just a total count, not relative to the location of the current node (i.e. preceding). In that case, I considered incorporating 'position()', but couldn't figure out how to get that to accurately know where it was. I hunted around online for a while, but could only find examples of slightly different problems. What's the best way of solving this problem? Thanks in advance for any assistance, Jordan
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