xsl:for-each-group

Allocates the items in an input sequence into groups of items (that is, it establishes a collection of sequences) based either on common values of a grouping key, or on a pattern that the initial or final node in a group must match.

Format

<xsl:for-each-group
               
  select = expression
               
  [group-by = expression]
               
  [group-adjacent = expression]
               
  [group-starting-with = pattern]
               
  [group-ending-with = pattern]
               
  [collation = { uri }>
               
  <!-- Content: (xsl:sort*, sequence-constructor) -->
               
</xsl:for-each-group>
               

            

Description

The xsl:for-each-group element is an instruction that can be used anywhere within a sequence constructor. The sequence of items to be grouped is referred to as a population. A group cannot be empty. If the population is zero (that is, empty), the number of groups is zero. How items are assigned to groups is determined by the group-by, group-adjacent, group-starting-with, and group-ending-with attributes.

 
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