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Improving XSLT code

• From: Mallikarjuna Sangappa <malliks@r...>
• To: xml-dev@i...
• Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:32:14 -0700 (PDT)

Hi,

I'm creating XSLT files and combining them with the
XML Documents to produce flat files using XT engine.
There are elements with the same attributes. So when
I'm writing the stylesheet, I have to repeat the code
for the two elements. The sample XML DTD and XSLT
stylesheet is as follows.

<!-- Valid values in XML Document and their values
during translation are as follows
Chicago - C
SanFrancisco - S
NewYork - N
Detroit - D

<!ENTITY % ENT_CITY "CITY_VALUE
(Chicago|SanFrancisco|NewYork|Detroit) #IMPLIED">

<!ELEMENT CITY EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST CITY %ENT_CITY;>

<!ELEMENT METROS EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST METROS %ENT_CITY;>

So in the stylesheet, I'll have to repeat the code
for both CITY and METROS, like

  <!--City-->  
  <xsl:param-variable name="varcity" expr = "CITY"/>

    <xsl:choose> 
	
	   <xsl:when test="$varcity='Chicago'">
		   <xsl:value-of
select="sample:padLeftjWithSpaces('C', '1')"/>
           </xsl:when>

	   <xsl:when test="$varcity='SanFrancisco'">
		   <xsl:value-of
select="sample:padLeftjWithSpaces('S', '1')"/>
	   </xsl:when>

	   <xsl:when test="$varcity='NewYork'">
		   <xsl:value-of
select="sample:padLeftjWithSpaces('N', '1')"/>

	   </xsl:when>

	   <xsl:when test="$varcity='Detroit'">
		   <xsl:value-of
select="sample:padLeftjWithSpaces('D', '1')"/>
	   </xsl:when>

   </xsl:choose>

Do I have to repeat the code for METROS element also
or is there a way to simplify the code in XSLT.
Thanks in advance.

CU,

Malliks






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