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when test="position()=last()"


File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<emailList>
  <head:header xmlns:head="http://www.domain.com/namespace/header">
    <title>Email List</title>
    <maintainer>Joe</maintainer>
  </head:header>
  <person type="personal" id="p001">
    <name>person1</name>
    <email>p@hotmail.com</email>
  </person>
  <person type="work" id="p002">
    <name>person2</name>
    <email>p@hotmail.com</email>
  </person>
  <person type="personal" id="p003">
    <name>person3</name>
    <email>p3@hotmail.com</email>
  </person>
</emailList>

File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
   <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" />

   <xsl:template match="/">
      <xsl:apply-templates select="emailList/person" />
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="person">
      <xsl:choose>
         <xsl:when test="position()=last()">
         The last entry in your email list is
         <xsl:value-of select="name" />.</xsl:when>

         <xsl:otherwise>
            <div>
            <xsl:value-of select="name" />,
            <xsl:value-of select="email" />
            </div>
         </xsl:otherwise>
      </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<div>person1,
   p@hotmail.com
</div>
<div>person2,
   p@hotmail.com
</div>
The last entry in your email list is
person3.

 








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