Re: OT - Dynamic data into columns in XSLT

Something like this:

<xsl:variable name="cols" select="5"/>
<xsl:variable name="rows" select="ceiling(last() / $cols)"/>
<xsl:for-each select="yourTag[position() &lt;= $rows">
  <tr>
    <!-- self::position() below refers to the value of position() HERE
+ -->
    <xsl:for-each select="yourTag[position() mod $rows = self::positio
+n()]">
      <td><xsl:value-of select="..."/></td>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </tr>
</xsl:for-each>
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Re^2: OT - Dynamic data into columns in XSLT by Anonymous Monk on Dec 20, 2005 at 21:16 UTC
Actually, that would only work as current()/position(), since the self:: axis refers to the predicate context. Whatever. Just stick the position() in an xsl:variable and call it good enough.	[reply]
Re^2: OT - Dynamic data into columns in XSLT by rashley (Scribe) on Dec 21, 2005 at 16:06 UTC
I came up with something very similar to this as well. Unfortunately, it turns out that there's something wrong with our system that's causing the `Element[n]` [download] syntax to evaluate incorrectly. As long as that's the case, this can't be solved. Still, thanks for the input.	[reply] [d/l]