RE: Sorting & Grouping

Mike,

I don't work. If I use AXIS it checks preceding in document order but the
check needs to be done in sorted order.
 
I used test=name(preceding-sibling::*[1])!= name() and O/P is

				Type C
			
				Type B
			
				Type B
			 
				Type A

Intended o/p 

				Type C
			
				Type B
			
				SAME
			 
				Type A


The XSL I used is
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
	<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
	<xsl:template match="/">
		<xsl:apply-templates select="parent/*">
			<xsl:sort select="id"/>
		</xsl:apply-templates>
	</xsl:template>
	<xsl:template match="typeA">
		<xsl:choose>
			<xsl:when test="name(preceding-sibling::*[1])!=
name()"> 
				Type A
			</xsl:when>
			<xsl:otherwise>
				Same
			</xsl:otherwise>
		</xsl:choose>
	</xsl:template>
	<xsl:template match="typeB">
		<xsl:choose>
			<xsl:when test="name(preceding-sibling::*[1])!=
name()">
				Type B
			</xsl:when>
			<xsl:otherwise>
				Same
			</xsl:otherwise>
		</xsl:choose>	
	</xsl:template>
	<xsl:template match="typeC">
		<xsl:choose>
			<xsl:when test="name(preceding-sibling::*[1])!=
name()">
				Type C
			</xsl:when>
			<xsl:otherwise>
				Same
			</xsl:otherwise>
		</xsl:choose>	
	</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Thanks in advance.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 4/27/01 10:19 AM
Subject: RE:  Sorting & Grouping

>  I appreciate your help. I read in documentation that AXIS refers to
> document order and not sorted order.
>
> I used following xsl and it did't work.
> 			<xsl:when
> test="self::node()[name(preceding-sibling::*)!= name()]">

That predicate is true if the first preceding sibling has a different
name.
This means, first in document order. To test whether the last preceding
sibling (ie. the immediately preceding sibling) has a different name,
write

test="self::node()[name(preceding-sibling::*[1])!= name()]">

or equivalently:

test="name(preceding-sibling::*[1])!= name()">


Mike Kay
Software AG


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