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Position() returns a value equal to the context position
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File: Data.xml
<chapter>
<title>"title 1" Excerpt</title>
<para>para1</para>
<figure>
<title>title 1</title>
</figure>
<para>para2</para>
<sect1>
<figure>
<title>"He Lights"</title>
</figure>
<para>line 1</para>
<sect2>
<figure>
<title>title 2</title>
</figure>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no" />
<xsl:template match="chapter">
<xsl:for-each select="descendant::figure/title">
<xsl:sort />
<xsl:if test="position() = 1">
First figure title in chapter:
<xsl:value-of select="." />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="position() = last()">
Last figure title in chapter:
<xsl:value-of select="." />
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
First figure title in chapter:
"He Lights"
Last figure title in chapter:
title 2
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