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Calculation using the position of an element??
- From: "Clifford, Karen" <Karen dot Clifford at fid-intl dot com>
- To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:29:48 +0100
- Subject: [xsl] Calculation using the position of an element??
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Hi all,
> Ive tried to come up with an XPath solution involving position() (one
> line) to produce a certain value using <xsl:value-of select="......."/>
>
My Sample XML File
> <tgroup cols = "5">
> <colspec colname="col1"/>
> <colspec colname="colspec1"/>
> <colspec colname="col2"/>
> <colspec colname="col4"/>
> </tgroup>
>
> I have two different values (say x and y) elsewhere in the xml doc and I
> need to perform a small calculation that I will now outline in
> Pseudocode...
>
> If x="colspec1" then
> position1 = 2
> If y="col4" then
> position2 = 4
> Result= position2 - position1
>
> ie Result=2
>
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks
> Karen
>
>
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