maybe it would help if I had the appropriate logic matched to the
appropriate condition O.o

corrected below :)

<xsl:apply-templates match="container">

	<xsl:choose>
		<xsl:when test="@select &gt; 0">
			<xsl:for-each select="item">
				<xsl:if test="position() &lt;= @select">
					<xsl:comment>Do your dirty business here</xsl:comment>
				</xsl:if>
			</xsl:for-each>
		</xsl:when>
		<xsl:otherwise>
			<xsl:for-each select="item">
				<xsl:comment>Same dirty Business</xsl:comment>
			</xsl:for-each>
		</xsl:otherwise>
	</xsl:choose>

</xsl:apply-templates>

On 8/21/07, Nick Shepherd <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> the following isn't tested and there may be a more elegant solution
> but this is probably how I would handle a situation like this:
>
> <xsl:apply-templates match="container">
>
>         <xsl:choose>
>                 <xsl:when test="@select &gt; 0">
>                         <xsl:for-each select="item">
>                                 <xsl:comment>Same dirty Business</xsl:comment>
>                         </xsl:for-each>
>                 </xsl:when>
>                 <xsl:otherwise>
>                         <xsl:for-each select="item">
>                                 <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= @select">
>                                         <xsl:comment>Do your dirty business here</xsl:comment>
>                                 </xsl:if>
>                         </xsl:for-each>
>                 </xsl:otherwise>
>         </xsl:choose>
>
> </xsl:apply-templates>
>
> hope that helps :)
>
> Nick
>
> On 8/21/07, Andreas Kemkes <a5sk4s@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > XSLT 1.0 is a constraint.
> >
> > I'm having trouble with a select expression to select the marked elements (<!--X-->) in the following XML:
> >
> > <container select="2">
> >   <item>...</item><!--X-->
> >   <item>...</item><!--X-->
> >
> >   <item>...</item>
> >
> > </container>
> > <container>
> >
> >   <item>...</item><!--X-->
> >
> >   <item>...</item><!--X-->
> >
> >
> >   <item>...</item><!--X-->
> >
> >
> > </container>
> >
> > <container select="1">
> >
> >   <item>...</item><!--X-->
> >   <item>...</item>
> >
> >   <item>...</item>
> >
> >   <item>...</item>
> >
> > </container>
> >
> > In the case of a no select attribute all items in the container should be in the node set.
> > If there is a attribute select="n", only the first "n" items should be in the node set.
> > The expression needs to work across all containers.
> >
> > There is the additional constraint that only items with parent container are to be selected.
> >
> >
> > Where could I start to look for code examples that solves a similar problem?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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