Re: getting the longest text node

right now i do it via:

<xsl:for-each select="/*/*">
  <xsl:for-each select="/*/*[local-name = local-name(current())]">

...

wrong?




> 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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> 
> 
> 
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