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[xsl] Re: Is a node a first/last child?

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Nadia Karasawa wrote:

> I need to know if the current node is the first or the last child of his 
> parent.

parent::* and count(preceding-sibling::node()) = 0

This returns true exactly when a node is the first child of its parent.

parent::* and count(following-sibling::node()) = 0

This returns true exactly when a node is the last child of its parent.

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev


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