Re: more on Using apply-templates instead of for-each?

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Subject: Re: more on Using apply-templates instead of for-each?
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:05:23 -0400

Hi again Kathy,

At 02:09 PM 4/15/2003, you wrote:

***I'm just trying to put each numbered <listitem> (child of
safety/numbered_list) into a table row***

<xsl:template match="safety">
        <table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="4">
                <tr bgcolor="red" valign="bottom">

<th align="left">

                                <h3>SAFETY</h3>
                        </th>
                </tr>
                        <xsl:for-each select="numbered_list/listitem">

                <tr>
                        <td>
                                <xsl:number level="multiple" format="1. "
count="listitem" />
<xsl:value-of select="." />
                        </td>
                </tr>
                        </xsl:for-each>
                </table>
                <br />
        </xsl:template>

Fully templated version:

<xsl:template match="safety"> <table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="4"> <tr bgcolor="red" valign="bottom"> <th align="left"> <h3>SAFETY</h3> </th> </tr> <xsl:apply-templates select="numbered_list/listitem"/>  </table> <br /> </xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="listitem">  <tr> <td> <xsl:number level="multiple" format="1. " count="listitem" /> <xsl:apply-templates/>  </td> </tr> </xsl:template>

As you can see, in this simple case there's no appreciable gain in clarity or power; but as your source and processing get more complex, templates give us the flexibility we will need. (Think about what happens as your source data gets loose and variable.)

Cheers,
Wendell


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more on Using apply-templates instead of for-each? Kathy Burke - Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:04:55 -0400 (EDT) Wendell Piez - Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:02:31 -0400 (EDT) <= <Possible follow-ups> Passin, Tom - Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:48:06 -0400 (EDT) Kathy Burke - Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:56:31 -0400 (EDT) Passin, Tom - Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:24:47 -0400 (EDT) Passin, Tom - Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:31:30 -0400 (EDT)

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