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todd jacksonSubject: wanting help with xslt custom function & finding max yr of passed array of dates
Author: todd jackson
Date: 21 Nov 2008 12:30 AM
I'm using XSLT 1.0 and want to pass an array of dates of format dd/mm/yyy for every occurance of START_DATE node i.e.

<COURSEDEFINITION>
<COURSEOCCURRENCES>
<COURSEOCCURRENCE>
<OCCURRENCE_CODE>311.006-081A</OCCURRENCE_CODE>
<START_DATE>22/11/2008</START_DATE>
...

So in my style sheet I have a cutom function;

<xsl:template name="MaxYr">

<xsl:param name="listdates" />
<xsl:param name="nMaxYr" select="'0'" />

<xsl:for-each select="$listdates">
<xsl:variable name="listyrs" select="string-after(string-after(string(.), '/'), '/')" />
</xsl:for-each>

<xsl:call-template name="MaxYr">
<xsl:with-param name="listdates" select="$listyrs" />
</xsl:call-template>

<xsl:for-each select="$listdates">
<xsl:value-of select="."/><xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</xsl:text>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
...

<xsl:call-template name="MaxYr">
<xsl:with-param name="listyrs" select="COURSEDEFINITION/COURSEOCCURRENCES/COURSEOCCURRENCE/START_DATE"/>
</xsl:call-template>

I want to output e.g. 2008 2009 2010 rather than 22/11/2008 17/05/2009 05/08/2010. But I can't get this part to work??

I will then want to return the maximun year of the passed array of dates, using something like;

<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$listyrs">

<xsl:variable name="remainingListyrs" select="$listyrs[position() != 1]" />

<xsl:variable name="nNewMaxYr">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$listyrs[1] > $nMaxYr">
<xsl:value-of select="$listyrs[1]" />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="$nMaxYr" />
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:call-template name="MaxYr">
<xsl:with-param name="listyrs" select="$remainingListyrs" />
<xsl:with-param name="nMaxYr" select="$nNewMaxYr" />
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="$nMaxYr" />
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

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James DurningSubject: wanting help with xslt custom function & finding max yr of passed array of dates
Author: James Durning
Date: 24 Nov 2008 10:57 AM
Problem here:
<xsl:for-each select="$listdates">
<xsl:variable name="listyrs" select="string-after(string-after(string(.), '/'), '/')" />
</xsl:for-each>

<xsl:call-template name="MaxYr">
<xsl:with-param name="listdates" select="$listyrs" />
</xsl:call-template>

Every time through the loop, the listyrs variable gets redefined. When you exit the loop, the listyrs variable is deleted and no longer exists.
You need to form the variable in a different way, eg:

<xsl:variable name="listyrs">
<xsl:for-each select="$listdates">
<year>
<xsl:value-of select="string-after(string-after(string(.), '/'), '/')" />
</year>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:variable>


...
However, creating a variable in this way also creates problems, as it becomes a result-tree-fragment as opposed to a node-set. Solution depends on if you want to use a node-set() extension function, or rewrite your code to only compare nodes.

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todd jacksonSubject: wanting help with xslt custom function & finding max yr of passed array of dates
Author: todd jackson
Date: 30 Nov 2008 11:29 PM
Thanks James, for you help.

   
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