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RE: Using position()
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] Using position()
- From: "Oleg Tkachenko" <olegt at multiconn dot com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 21:14:18 +0200
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> While looping through an xsl:for-each select, I can do this: <xsl:if
> test="./@t_orno = '100000006'"> to compare an the value of the t_orno
> attribute to a static string, and I can do this: <xsl:if test="./@t_orno =
> //row[1]/@t_orno"> to compare it to the value of the attribute in row
> 1...but what I really want to do is to compare the attribute value to the
> attribute value immediately preceding it. I thought this would
> work: <xsl:if
> test="./@t_orno = //row[position()-1]/@t_orno"> but it doesn't.
If you want preceding one, just catch it :)
<xsl:if test="@t_orno = preceding::row[1]/@t_orno">
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Oleg Tkachenko,
Multiconn International, Israel
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