Re: possible to mimic while-like behavior?

There's a while extension in Saxon.  And you're right, it's useful.

----- Original Message -----
From: Carole E. Mah <carole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 2:58 PM
Subject: possible to mimic while-like behavior?


>
> I know there are only two conditionals possible in xsl stylesheets,
> <xsl:if> and <xsl:choose> (inside which one has <xsl:when> ... </xsl:when>
> and <xsl:otherwise>...</xsl:otherwise> with nesting allow).
>
> However, there is no "while" or "until".
>
> Imagine,
> <xsl:for-each select="foo">
>  <xsl:choose>
>   <xsl:when test="bar">blah</xsl:when>
>   <xsl:otherwise>blort</xsl:otherwise>
>  </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> Now imagine that when the conditions are such that <xsl:otherwise> is
> matched, one wants to break out of the <xsl:for-each>.
>
> e.g., speaking in a Perl-esque way, I want
>   while ($foo != "bar") {
>     blah
>   }
>
> Is there any way to simulate, hack, or otherwise achieve this?
>
> thanks again,
> -carole
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