XSLT Question

Need to select last node in a range with a value

[Gibble]

for example
<items>
<item name="F1">joe</item>
<item name="F2">smith</item>
<item name="F3">5</item>
<item name="F4">4</item>
<item name="F5">3</item>
<item name="F7" />
<item name="F9">foo</item>
</items>

I need to be able to select the last value between items "F3" and "F8" that has a value, in this case <item name="F5">3</item>.

How would I write that in an XSLT?

Thanks.

[Gibble]

Got it, I think

<xsl:apply-templates select="node()[substring-after(name(),'F') &lt; 9 and substring-after(name(),'F') &gt; 2 and .!= '']" />

<xsl:template match="node()[substring-after(name(),'F') &lt; 9 and substring-after(name(),'F') &gt; 2]">
<xsl:if test="position() = last()">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

[Gibble]

should change that to a call-template probably and use a name

[httpwebwitch]

you've got it.
position() and last() do the trick

nice one Gibble

[Gibble]

I presume the template was needed to create a "set", but is there a way to have written it without it?

[httpwebwitch]

I suppose you could use the same XPATH in an <xsl:for-each>.

Have you tried combining the "node()[substring-after(name(),'F' ..." part with the position() and last() comparison? Maybe you could do the whole thing in one complex expression.