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Re: [xsl] finding position() of an element in a different context

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Hi Kevin,

> This sounds promising, so I tried it. At first it again did not work.
> While testing I noticed that I was setting variables as follows:
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>    <xsl:variable name="formtypeID"><xsl:value-of select="@id"/></xsl:variable>
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> When I change this to:
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>    <xsl:variable name="formtypeID" select="@id"/>
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> Everything started working fine. Is the first returning the text
> value of @id, while the second is actually returning the attribute
> node itself or something??

Yes, that's basically right.  Actually the first returns a result tree
fragment, made up of a root node with a single child text node that
has a string value that is the value of id attribute.  If you're only
ever using the string value of $formtypeID then it shouldn't matter
which you use.

Cheers,

Jeni

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