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Re: xsl:if and position
- From: Greg Faron <gfaron at integretechpub dot com>
- To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 10:40:28 -0700
- Subject: Re: [xsl] xsl:if and position
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At 02:04 AM 4/5/2002, you wrote:
>Why is the following test working
> <xsl:if test="position() >=2">
>and gives this test an error
> <xsl:if test="position() >=2 and position() <=3">
>
>C:\temp\instant-saxon>saxon template.xml copy3.xsl
>Fatal error reported by XML parser: attribute values may not contain '<'
> URL: file:/C:/temp/instant-saxon/copy3.xsl
> Line: 19
> Column: 44
>Transformation failed
As your error message states: "attribute values may not contain
'<'". The dereferencing works as the others posted, but I prefer actual
symbols for readability. You can reverse the arguments and the symbol and
it will work just fine. Try:
<xsl:if test="position() >= 2 and 3 >= position()">
<!-- -->
</xsl:if>
Greg Faron
Integre Technical Publishing Co.
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