Breaking on last element/node of nodeset thru XSLT Transform: using last() and position()RSS

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  Breaking on last element/node of nodeset thru XSLT Transform: using last() and position()

  Oct 18, 2005 06:54 PM|ChicoUser|LINK

  Good enough to share.
  
  The following transform snippet adds a break html tag and non breaking space only if the current node is not the last of the nodeset. Enjoy.
  
     <xsl:if test="not(position()=last())">
     <br /><xsl:text>&#160;</xsl:text>
     </xsl:if>
  
  This is specially useful when transforming XML nodes into delimited lists. It replaces the old last-of-type() function: this reminds I need a new copy of my XML Pocket Reference.
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