is it possible to reference the node index? 1

[Crowley16]

basically I've got a XSLT in which I need to use the index number of all the nodes in the xml.

in the xml:
<base>
<sect>
<stuff></stuff>
<sect>
<sect>
<sect>
</base>

in the xslt:
<xsl:template match="sect">
<xsl:value-of select=".[index]"/>
</xsl:template>

where the .[index] would give the index of that node from the base, so in the above example I'd get 1 and 3...

is this at all possible?

Thanks

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[tsuji]

[tt]<xsl:value-of select="[blue]position()[/blue]"/>[/tt]

 

[Crowley16]

the trouble with that is, it will give the position of the node position within the current tree set

I would like it to give the position from the root node

basically I'm trying to setup a TOC in a wordml and to do that I need to index the bookmarks and can't have any duplicates...

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[Crowley16]

after testing, I found I don't actually have to put in the index in order to make the TOC work...

it just means I won't be able to put in bookmarks, but that's not a problem, at lesat for now...

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[tsuji]

I might not get what have in upper level of the tree. But this will serve on the surface at what you seem to suggest.
[tt] <xsl:value-of select="count(./preceding::*[name() = name(current())]) + 1" />[/tt]

 

[Crowley16]

that's very close to what I wanted...

that counts all the instances of that particular node name, but not all the nodes...

however, after a bit of messing about, I found that if I get rid of the [...] then that works...

thanks...

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