index ( position() ) in DOUBLE loop XSL

[lclqt12]

Hi all,I have two nested loop in XSL like this, at this moment I use position() but it's not what I need.

<xsl:for-each select="abc">   <xsl:for-each select="def"> 	   I wanna my variable in here increasing fluently 1,2,3,4,5.....n not like 1,2,3,1,2,3   </xsl:for-each> </xsl:for-each>

do you have anyways to do it ?

[Martin Honnen]

Why can't you simply do

<xsl:for-each select="abc/def">...</xsl:for-each>

? That way position() should give you what you are looking for.

[lclqt12]

Why can't you simply do

<xsl:for-each select="abc/def">...</xsl:for-each>

? That way position() should give you what you are looking for.

if i have a xml file like :

<root>  <abc name="John">	 <def>A</def>	 <def>B</def>  </abc>  <abc name="Matthew">	 <def>C</def>	 <def>D</def>	 <def>E</def>  </abc>  <abc name="Berry">	 <def>F</def>  </abc></root>

and i want it to display like this :

1. John A2. John B--------------------------------------3. Matthew C4. Matthew D5. Matthew E--------------------------------------6. Berry F

Therefore, i could not run only 1 foreach loop. I want to get index of <def> node in root NOT index in abc node.Ex : + <def>D</def> must has index is 4 ( instead of 2 )+ <def>F</def> must has index is 6 ( instead of 1 )

[Martin Honnen]

Use xsl:number:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"><xsl:strip-space elements="*"/><xsl:output method="text"/><xsl:template match="abc/def">  <xsl:number level="any" format="1."/>  <xsl:value-of select="concat(' ', parent::abc/@name, ' ', ., '')"/>  <xsl:if test="position() = last()">	<xsl:text>---------------</xsl:text>  </xsl:if></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

output with Saxon 6.5.5 is

1. John A2. John B---------------3. Matthew C4. Matthew D5. Matthew E---------------6. Berry F---------------