Subject: RE: [xsl] working out where the last() is From: "Robert Walpole" <robert.walpole@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 12:19:08 +0100 |
Thanks to you all. That works perfectly. I had wondered about making a single node list of the attribs I wanted, just couldn't see how select it. I am using XSLT 2.0 so the seperator is ideal. Thanks again. Rob (robert.walpole@xxxxxxxxxxxx) > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 06 October 2006 11:41 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [xsl] working out where the last() is > > > In XSLT 2.0 (with $a as the <areaserved> element): > > <xsl:value-of select="$a//*[not(*)]/@name" separator=", "/> > > In 1.0: > > <xsl:for-each select="$a//*[not(*)]/@name"> > <xsl:value-of select="."/> > <xsl:if test="position() != last()">, </xsl:if> > </xsl:for-each> > > last() gives you the number of items in the current node > list, which in this > case is the nodes selected by > $a//*[not(*)]/@name. > > Michael Kay > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Walpole [mailto:robert.walpole@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: 06 October 2006 11:14 > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [xsl] working out where the last() is > > > > Hi, > > > > I have some XML data which contains an areaserved node as follows: > > > > <areaserved> > > <district name="South Hams"> > > <town name="Dartmouth"> > > <settlement name="Kingswear"/> > > </town> > > <town name="Totnes"/> > > </district> > > <district name="Torbay"/> > > </areaserved> > > > > I am trying to write some XSLT to transform this to a list > as follows: > > > > Kingswear, Totnes, Torbay > > > > In other words I want to output the name attribute of > > elements that have no children and I want these names to be > > seperated by a comma. I can output the attributes ok but my > > problem is trying to prevent the code putting out a comma at > > the end of the list, given that I don't know whether the end > > of the list will be a settlement, town or district. I have > > tried using last() like this: > > > > <xsl:if test="position() != last()">, </xsl:if> > > > > but this only works on the context node, so in this case > > Kingswear, Totnes and Torbay are all the last and none of > > them get a comma! > > > > Any ideas anyone? > > > > Many Thanks > > Rob Walpole > > (robert.walpole@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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