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Last() function is in template The context is therefore a single chapter element
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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<data>
<chapter>Chapter A</chapter>
<chapter>Chapter B</chapter>
<chapter>Chapter C</chapter>
<chapter>Chapter D</chapter>
</data>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<TABLE>
<xsl:for-each select="//chapter">
<TR>
<TD>
<xsl:apply-templates select="."/>
</TD>
</TR>
</xsl:for-each>
</TABLE>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="chapter">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
<xsl:text>(last = </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="last()"/>
<xsl:text>)</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><TABLE><TR><TD>Chapter A(last = 1)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter B(last = 1)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter C(last = 1)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter D(last = 1)</TD></TR></TABLE>
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