[SOLVED] how to reference a subset of child nodes whose element names are number

how to reference a subset of child nodes whose element names are number

Im trying to transform an XML doc where there is an address node that has child elements Address[1-9]

currently, Im using the following xslt to concatenate all the lines into a single output

out:AddressLine <xsl:value-of select="$nodeOfAddress/*[starts-with(name(), 'in:AddressLine')]/text()[normalize-space()]/normalize-space()" separator=" "/> </out:AddressLine>

This seems to work great for ALL address lines. However, I only want to do this for lines 3-6, not all 9 of them. Is there a way specify that in the for each select? Im sure I could hack out a way with a few if statements, but was hoping maybe there is a way similar to what I have above.

I was asked for a sample in file. I looks something like this

<in:AddressNode>
    <in:AddressLine1>Value1</in:AddressLine1>
    <in:AddressLine2>Value1</in:AddressLine2>
    <in:AddressLine3>Value1</in:AddressLine3>
    <in:AddressLine4>Value1</in:AddressLine4>
    <in:AddressLine5>Value1</in:AddressLine5>
    <in:AddressLine6>Value1</in:AddressLine6>
    <in:AddressLine7>Value1</in:AddressLine7>
    <in:AddressLine8>Value1</in:AddressLine8>
    <in:AddressLine9>Value1</in:AddressLine9>
</in:AddressNode>

I just want address3, 4, 5, and 6

Solution

Maybe:

<xsl:value-of select="$NodeOfAddress/*[starts-with(name(), 'in:AddressLine')][3 le position() and position() le 6]" />

Hard to be sure without seeing the input.