Re: [xsl] Starting loop at another node

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

Tanz:

At 04:33 PM 4/17/01, you wrote:
>I am trying to start the loop at node 4 (child 4) of the 'whatever' parent:
><Whatever> <child1>
>            <child2>
>            <child3>
>            <child4>
>            <child5>
>            <child6>
>                ....
></Whatever>
>
>I am using the following
>
>  <xsl:for-each select="Whatever">
>            <xsl:choose>
>            <xsl:when test="position()&gt;3"> <!-- Here is the problem -->
>          <xsl:for-each select="*[text()]"> <!--start of process-->
>           <h3><font color="#00007f"><i><xsl:value-of
>select="name()"/></i></font></h3>
>            <p><font color="#008000"><xsl:value-of select="."/></font></p>
>            </xsl:for-each> <!--end of process-->
>                 </xsl:when>
>          </xsl:choose>
>          </xsl:for-each>
>
>At the moment the display is not doing as I wish.

<xsl:for-each select="Whatever/child[position() &gt; 3]"> is more succinct 
and would get you the nodes you want. No inner choose/when or for-each is 
necessary.

Your problem is happening because your xsl:when is evaluating the position 
of the Whatever node, not its children.

Regards,
Wendell

>Thanks.
>
>Tanz
>
>
>
>
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