Help interpreting XSL count keyword

[laredotornado]

Hello, I am trying to decipher an XSL sheet that is not my own, and
yes, I'm a newbie.

<xsl:template match="sentence ">
<xsl:variable name="lines" select="count(l ine) +
count(preceding ::line)"/>
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:attribut e name="sectionnu mber"><xsl:valu e-of
select="floor($ lines div 15) + 1"/></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

Is "count(line )" returning the count of all lines so far parsed in the
document, or does it have something to do with the "sentence" tag being
matched? Also, what does "preceding::lin e" mean?
Hey, thanks for all the advice, - Dave

[Sebastian Millies]

Am 12 Jan 2005 19:46:01 -0800 schrieb la***********@z ipmail.com:

Hello, I am trying to decipher an XSL sheet that is not my own, and
yes, I'm a newbie.

<xsl:template match="sentence ">
<xsl:variable name="lines" select="count(l ine) +
count(preceding ::line)"/>
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:attribut e name="sectionnu mber"><xsl:valu e-of
select="floor($ lines div 15) + 1"/></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

Is "count(line )" returning the count of all lines so far parsed in the
document, or does it have something to do with the "sentence" tag being
matched? Also, what does "preceding::lin e" mean?
Hey, thanks for all the advice, - Dave

"count(line )" counts the number of occurrences of the line-nodes embedded
in the current sentence node. "preceding::lin e" is an XPathexpression that
refers to the number of occurrences of the line-tag embedded in the
preceding sibling of the current sentence node.

A good place to look for first advice is the online tutorials at
http://www.w3schools.com/

-- Sebastian