RE: removing duplicate nodes

Chris,
Thank you for your reply, after trying to find the solution I came up
with this little script, it's kind of slow and I still get some
duplicate nodes when there are TERMs whose text value's initial
character is typed in lower-case while the next one's initial chacater
is typed in upper-case. So when I try to remove the duplicate nodes, I
can not get rid of the ones that are same in context but different as a
string value. 
What is the best way to do this?Thank you for the reply in advance,

regards
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<xsl:for-each select="//glossterm">  <!-- process all glossterms -->
                 <xsl:sort select="TERM" />
                 <xsl:variable name="term" select="TERM" />
                 <xsl:variable name="defn" select="DEFN" />
                 <xsl:if
test="not(preceding-sibling::glossterm[TERM=$term])">
                   <xsl:if
test="not(preceding-sibling::glossterm[DEFN=$defn])">
                     <p><b><xsl:value-of
select="concat(translate(substring($term,1,1),'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy
z','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'),substring($term, 2))" />
<xsl:text>:</xsl:text></b>
                           <xsl:value-of
select="concat(translate(substring($defn,1,1),'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy
z','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'),substring($defn, 2))" /> </p>
                   </xsl:if>
                 </xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each> 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Bayes [mailto:Chris@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:02 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE:  removing duplicate nodes


Cihan,
<xsl:template match="DEFN">
	<xsl:if test="text() != preceding::DEFN/text()">
		<xsl:value-of select="." />
	</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

Ciao Chris

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of B. Tommie
>Usdin
>Sent: 18 July 2001 23:50
>To: xsl-list
>Subject:  removing duplicate nodes
>
>
>>From: "Uslu, Cihan Y (MED)" <Cihan.Uslu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: HELP:removing duplicate nodes
>>Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:21:39 -0500
>
>
>
>>Hi;
>>I have a XML document as following:
>>--------------------------------
>><glossary>
>>	<glossterm>
>>		<TERM>Cyst</TERM>
>>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">fluid- filled (echo-free) with
>>well-defined walls and posterior acoustic enhancement</DEFN>
>>	</glossterm>
>>	<glossterm>
>>		<TERM>Cyst</TERM>
>>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">fluid- filled (echo-free) with
>>well-defined walls and posterior acoustic enhancement</DEFN>
>>	</glossterm>
>>           <glossterm Language="English" Revision="1.0"
>>ProprietaryClass="A" CourseNum="US506" OriginatingGroup="LS"
>>Owner="Ultrasound Training">
>>		<TERM>Anechoic</TERM>
>>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">refers to a structure that
>>transmits ultrasound without
>>						reflecting sound back to
>>its source.</DEFN>
>>	</glossterm>
>>	<glossterm Language="English" Revision="1.0"
>>ProprietaryClass="A" CourseNum="US506" OriginatingGroup="LS"
>>Owner="Ultrasound Training">
>>		<TERM>Echolucent</TERM>
>>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">no echoes</DEFN>
>>	</glossterm>
>>            <glossterm>
>>		<TERM>cyst</TERM> 
>>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">fluid- filled (echo-free) with
>>well-defined walls and posterior acoustic enhancement</DEFN>
>>	</glossterm>
>>
>>	<glossterm Language="English" Revision="1.0"
>>ProprietaryClass="A" CourseNum="US506" OriginatingGroup="LS"
>>Owner="Ultrasound Training">
>>		<TERM>Heterogenous</TERM>
>>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">different textures</DEFN>
>>	</glossterm>
>>         ......
>>...
>>
>></glossary>
>>
>>----------------------------------------
>>
>>I want my output to be;
>>---------------------------------------------
>>Cyst: fluid- filled (echo-free) with well-defined walls and posterior
>>acoustic enhancement
>>Anechoic: refers to a structure that transmits ultrasound without
>>reflecting sound back to its source
>>Echolucent: no echoes
>>Heterogenous: different textures
>>-----------------------------------------------
>>
>>With my XSL scipt I get everything, including duplicate node with
their
>>text nodes included. If there is a duplicate node and the text node is
>>same I dont want it in my output (if the text node is different then,
I
>>want it to be shown) How can I do that?
>>Thank you for the help.
>>
>>Cihan
>
>
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