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Re: context-independent counter
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] context-independent counter
- From: David Carlisle <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 16:30:03 GMT
- References: <20010207153040.12663.qmail@web4802.mail.yahoo.com>
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> Then I need a
> context-independent-counter, that doesn't care about
> the position, the level, or any other aspect of the
> current node's context.
No, you first select the nodes that you do need, then position()
will refer to the position in that list. You never _need_ an updatable
variable. Declarative programming languages have the same expressive
power as procedural ones.
David
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