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XSL for-each and HR

 
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Hello Ranchers,
I am relatively new to XML so please pardon my ignorance in this matter.
I am trying to write a XSL stylesheet. I already have an XML document which I have to use with the XSL stylesheet. I have to extract some nodes of XML and put in a tabular format.
for example: I have a Term node, a student during his school year can have multiple terms. This info I have to put in tabular format. One term should have its own table and between two tables I need a hard rule (HTML TAG --> HR), however when I reach the LAST table I should not put a hard rule & so also I cannot put a hard rule before the start of the FIRST table.
I do not know what the logic to use. I am using the for-each loop.
Thanks in advance for your help!!!
-Amish
 
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Let's assume your document is
<student>
   <term>1</term>
   <term>2</term>
   <term>3</term>
</student>
You need to output <hr/> tag after each "term", except for the last one. To test this condition, you can use current() and last() functions, which return the current and the last position in a set of nodes defined in "select" clause of your <xsl:for-each> element. So it will be:
<xsl:template match="student">
   <xsl:for-each select="term">
       <xsl:value-of select="."/>
       <xsl:if test="not (current() = last())">
           <hr/>
       </xsl:if>
   </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
the output:
1<hr/>2<hr/>3
[ February 21, 2002: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]
 
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I tried doing that but it does not work, this is what I have

It still gives me a hr after the LAST Table.
Thanks in advance for ur help.
-Amish
 
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Oops, sorry, it should be
<xsl:if test="not (position()=last())">
not
<xsl:if test="not (current()=last())">
[ February 22, 2002: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]
 
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
Oops, sorry, it should be
<xsl:if test="not (position()=last())">
not
<xsl:if test="not (current()=last())">
[ February 22, 2002: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]


Thank you very much Mapraputa for your help. It works like a charm!!!
 
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