Jay,



I feel like this is a rather elementary question  and a bit embarrased 
to ask so I'm sending this to you off-list, I hope you don't mind.



Two questions in regards to your answer...




1)  I'm not sure why you have the <xsl:template> instruction there other 
than to make sure the stylsheet you tested with is a proper one.  For my 
use I am doing this:



<xsl:variable name="current_transaction_set" >

   <xsl:copy-of select="current-group()" />

</xsl:variable>

                              
<xsl:variable name="first_hl_position">

   <xsl:number select="$current_transaction_set/*[@type='HL'][1]"/>

</xsl:variable>




This gives me the correct value I'm looking for from the <xsl:number> 
instruction.  Am I missing something by not using the template 
instruction?  Or is this just a different solution to the same problem 
(is one better than another)?



2)  As you can see I'm having to copy in the current-group() to a 
variable before I can apply the <xsl:number> instruction.  I tried this:



   <xsl:number select="current-group[@type='HL'][1]"/>



But the value I get in return is wrong.  It seems to be counting the 
attributes as well as the <segment> elements.  I really don't understand 
why that is.  Would you please explain that to me?  Is there a way to 
tell the "select" attribute of the <xsl:number> instruction to ignore 
the attributes of the <segement> elements so I don't have to worry about 
the $current_transaction_set variable?




Thanks again,



Jim Neff







JBryant@xxxxxxxxx wrote:



Hi, James,



Did you change companies? I recall your e-mail used to be something else 
(or perhaps I mis-remember).



Anyway, you can use the xsl:number instruction to get what you want:



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>



<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" 
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">



 <xsl:template match="/">
   <xsl:number select="transaction_set/segment[@type='HL']"/>
 </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>



Just tested it with Saxon 8.4 and got 3.



Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
(presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)






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Greetings,



I have a node set that looks like this:



<transaction_set>



 <segment type='SL'>
   A
 </segment>

 <segment type='GS'>
   B
 </segment>

 <segment type='HL'>
   C
 </segment>

 <segment type='PR'>
   D
 </segment>

 ....



</transaction_set>




I need to find the position of the first <segment> element that has the 
type of 'HL'.  So for my example above it should return 3.




Thanks you in advance,