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Subject: RE: [xsl] weird behavior with last() From: "Oleg Tkachenko" <ost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:53:43 +0200 |
Hello Nate ! What about empty whitespace nodes in your source xml ? msxml by default strip all empty whitespace nodes despite of xslt spec. Try to strip they out and you will get the same behavior of msxml and saxon: <xsl:strip-space elements="MainMenu SubMenu"/> --- Oleg Tkachenko, Multiconn International > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Nathan Shaw > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 7:50 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] weird behavior with last() > > > Using Saxon with this XML snippet... > > <MainMenu> > <MainMenuItem URL="/">Home</MainMenuItem> > <MainMenuItem URL="/strat.html">Strategic > Vision</MainMenuItem> > <MainMenuItem URL="/themes.html">Research > Themes</MainMenuItem> > <MainMenuItem > URL="/edu.html">Education</MainMenuItem> > <MainMenuItem > URL="http://commercial.hq.nasa.gov">Commercial</MainMenuItem> > </MainMenu> > <SubMenu> > <SubMenuItem > URL="/strat.html#v">Mission</SubMenuItem> > <SubMenuItem > URL="/strat.html#g">Goals</SubMenuItem> > <SubMenuItem > URL="/strat.html#p">Philosophy</SubMenuItem> > </SubMenu> > > XSL looks like this: > > <xsl:template match="MainMenuItem"> > <b><a href="{@URL}"><xsl:apply-templates > /></a></b><xsl:if > test="position()!=last()"> | </xsl:if> > </xsl:template> > > <xsl:template match="SubMenuItem"> > <b><a href="{@URL}"><xsl:apply-templates > /></a></b><xsl:if > test="position()!=last()"> | </xsl:if> > </xsl:template> > > If I transform it like it is, I get an end "|" after > the last <MainMenuItem> (not correct behavior) but NOT > the last <SubMenuItem> (correct behavior). If I bring > the end </MainMenu> tag up to the same line as the > last </MainMenuItem> tag, I do not get the end "|" > (correct behavior). > > Any ideas as to why this is happening? I realize that > it is a rather trivial question, but it is an issue as > I have to hand off the maintainence of the XML files > to the client. > > TIA, > > Nate > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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