Hi Jason,

> But that this never returns a result
>
> <xsl:value-of select="/foo/bar[position()=position()-1]/@attrib"/>

Of course it won't ever return anything...  the predicate [] expression can
never evalaute to true.

> What I want to do here is look at the last record in a loop to see if I am
> at the end of a grouping (begininig of the next actually)

Based on what you have described so far (but not seeing more of the XSLT and
XML) I'd say it'is unlikely that your current method of doing grouping will
work.  There are a couple of ways of doing grouping in XSLT 1.0 - the
Muenchian Technique and preceding-sibling technique.  I'm sure if you post
an example of what your are trying to do someone will be able to show you
how to do these.

Cheers
Marrow
http://www.marrowsoft.com - home of Xselerator (XSLT IDE and debugger)
http://www.topxml.com/Xselerator


"Jason Burr" <JasonBurr@d...> wrote in message
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> Can someone explain why doing this writes a number one less than the
current
> position.
>
> <xsl:value-of select="position()-1"/>
>
> Doing this will display a specific positions value
>
> <xsl:value-of select="/foo/bar[position()=3]/@attrib"/>
>
> But that this never returns a result
>
> <xsl:value-of select="/foo/bar[position()=position()-1]/@attrib"/>
>
> What I want to do here is look at the last record in a loop to see if I am
> at the end of a grouping (begininig of the next actually)
>