Re: matching multiple times, outputting once?

try adding these templates


<xsl:template match="*[@bold='Yes' ]">
 <b><xsl:apply-templates/></b>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*[@bold='Yes' and @italic='Yes' ]">
 <b><i><xsl:apply-templates/></i></b>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*[@bold='Yes' and @italic='Yes' and
@underline='Yes' ]">
 <b><i><u><xsl:apply-templates/></u></i></b>
</xsl:template>




----- Original Message -----
From: "McKeever, Marty" <marty.mckeever@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 3:15 PM
Subject:  matching multiple times, outputting once?


> This is really bugging me, because i thought it would be simple.  Maybe it
> is, and i'm just having a mental block -- thanks for your help.
>
> Here are 3 possibilities that i have to match for, and 3 desired outputs:
>
> <emphasis bold="Yes">Hello</emphasis>
> <emphasis bold="Yes" italic="Yes">Hello</emphasis>
> <emphasis bold="Yes" italic="Yes" underline="Yes">Hello</emphasis>
>
> <b>Hello</b>
> <i><b>Hello</b></i>
> <u><i><b>Hello</b></i></u>
>
> and every possible combination thereof.
>
>
> I have had no luck writing an intelligent template rule for these -- the
> only way i've found so far is a deeply nested <xsl:choose> which takes
every
> possible combination into account.  This can't be the best way to do this.
>
> Everything else i've tried either matches only one rule, or outputs
"Hello"
> multiple times, one for each style.
>
> There has to be an elegant solution i'm missing...
>
> (and yes, i know i could easily write this out as <span
> style="font-style:bold,italic;text-decoration:underline">Hello</span>, but
> that's not what i'm looking for here.)
>
> TIA!
> marty
>
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