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From: "Robin Green" <greenrd@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: problems counting in loops
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Bas Passon <BPasson@parite.nl> wrote:
>I have got a small problem, counting in xsl, see the following fragment of
>code
>
>	<xsl:variable name="count" select="1"/>
>	<xsl:for-each select="item">
>		...do something
>		<xsl:variable name="count" select="$count+1"/>
>	</xsl:for-each>
>
>for some reason the count variable stays 1. What am i doing
>wrong. I looked at the XPath docs, but this is a valid
>expr.

Yes, valid expression - but invalid assignment. Variables cannot be changed 
in XSLT - yes, I know it's a pain. To count things use the count() function 
- that's what it's there for!

In future please ask XSL questions on the XSL list at www.mulberrytech.com 
or look at the FAQ there.


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