Re: getting the longest text node

hi!

how could i access the nodes though, if all i know is their structure
but 'foo', 'orange' and 'apple' could be also any other name.. and
foo could also contain a flexible amount of children..

all i could think off is some kinda akward looking looping.. : /

ciao!
florian


> I just thought I'd provide a variation.  I can't make any performance 
> claims vs. a sort in a for-each. Maybe someone else knows.
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
>    <xsl:apply-templates select="//orange">
>     <xsl:sort data-type="number" order="descending" select="string-length(.)"/>
>    </xsl:apply-templates>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="orange">
>   <xsl:if test="position()=1">
>   <LongString type="{name()}" string-length="{string-length(.)}">
>    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>   </LongString>
> </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> -rick
> 
> At 10:35 PM 3/11/03 +0100, you wrote:
> 
> >hi!
> >
> >i have a xml document like this:
> >
> >
> ><root>
> >   <foo>
> >     <apple>a</apple>
> >     <orange>oiasd</orange>
> >   </foo>
> >   <foo>
> >     <apple>hellooooo</apple>
> >     <orange>test</orange>
> >   </foo>
> ></root>
> >
> >what would be the most performant and best way to get
> >the longest text of a apple node, and the longest text
> >of a orange node?
> >
> >thanks alot!
> >
> >ciao!
> >florian
> >
> >
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> 
> Rick Taylor
> XML Developer
> PPDM Association
> 
> 
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