there are 4 DATA children so

<xsl:for-each select="fmp:COL[3]/fmp:DATA[position() > 1]">

selects the 2nd, 3rd and  4th

the scope of that position() is just that step of the xpath, within the
body of the for-each, position() counts the selected items
so as there are three items selected position() as stored in
$parent-position  will have values 1,2,3 which is one less than you
expected.

David

On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 at 18:54, Michele R Combs mrrothen@xxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I want to select all the child <DATA> elements of a <COL> * except* for
> the first one.  Ibve tried several different things but I must be missing
> something stupidly obvious since it isnbt working.
>
>
>
> Input data:
>
>
>
> <ROW>
>
>    <COL><DATA></DATA></COL>
>
>    <COL><DATA>Adult Education Audio and Video Collection</DATA></COL>
>
>    <COL>
>
>       <DATA>SULF</DATA>
>
>       <DATA>Bird</DATA>
>
>       <DATA>Bird</DATA>
>
>       <DATA>Hawkins</DATA>
>
>    <COL>
>
>    <COL>
>
>       <DATA></DATA>
>
>       <DATA>24:F:4</DATA>
>
>       <DATA>36:G:5-7</DATA>
>
>       <DATA>234:A:1-5</DATA>
>
>    <COL>
>
>    <COL>
>
>       <DATA>Box 1-22</DATA>
>
>       <DATA>Adds, 3 boxes</DATA>
>
>       <DATA>Box 23-45</DATA>
>
>       <DATA>Oversize items</DATA>
>
>    <COL>
>
> </ROW>
>
>
>
>
>
> In my XSL:
>
> <xsl:for-each select="fmp:COL[3]/fmp:DATA[position() > 1]">
>
>   <xsl:variable name="parent-position" select="position()" />
>
>   <xsl:value-of select="../../fmp:COL[3]/fmp:DATA[$parent-position]"/>
>
>   <xsl:value-of select="../../fmp:COL[4]/fmp:DATA[$parent-position]"/>
>
>   <xsl:value-of select="../../fmp:COL[5]/fmp:DATA[$parent-position]"/>
>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
>
>
> Expected output:
>
>    Bird 24:F:4 Adds, 3 boxes
>
>    Bird 36:G:5-7 Box 23-45
>
>    Hawkins 234:A:1-5 Oversize items
>
>
>
> Actual output:
>
>    SULF Box 1-22
>
>    Bird 24:F:4 Adds, 3 boxes
>
>    Bird 36:G:5-7 Box 23-45
>
>    Hawkins 234:A:1-5 Oversize items
>
>
>
>
>
> I also tried just getting all the <DATA> elements and then testing the
> position:
>
>
>
>    <xsl:for-each select="fmp:COL[3]/fmp:DATA">
>
>       <xsl:if test="position() > 1" />
>
>
>
> But that gave the same results.  Just to be sure I wasnbt crazy, I added
> an <xsl:value-of> statement to spit out the value of position() at each
> point, and I see exactly what I expect there (1, 2, 3, 4).  What am I
> missing?
>
>
>
> Michele
>
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