Question

I have a recursive template so that I can update a count. In the template, I want to be able to use the current count to be able to access the node whose index is the current count.

<!-- in the template -->

<xsl:param name="i"/>
<xsl:param name="count"/>      

<NewNode>
    <xsl:value-of select="//ACommonElementInTheDocument[$i]/MyElement"/> : <xsl:value-of select="$i"/>
</NewNode>

I get $i printed out correctly, as expected, but I’m not able to reference the element, although this works perfectly when I use XMLSpy to test the XPath.

Could anyone point out the glaring mistake I’m making please?…

Many thanks

Answer 1

I’m not sure how you have declared the parameter. But my guess is that this is a type casting problem. What happens if you try:

//ACommonElementInTheDocument[number($i)]/MyElement

Or in XSLT 2.0 you could also use one of the XML Schema types:

//ACommonElementInTheDocument[xs:integer($i)]/MyElement