RE: first occurence of a string value..

FAQ,

> I wanted to put the first letter of a certain string value as 
> a title if it 
> hasnt been visted already (combined with an xsl:sort to sort them 
> alphabetically). For example, if the first "i" found was in 
> "id checking" i 
> would want to put "i" as the title and if it was found again, 
> i would want 
> to ignore it so the utput would look a little like:
> 
> I:
> id checking
> id security
> 
> J:
> John B
> Joisting
> .
> .
> .
> 
> Apologies if i havent clarified this very well. I know how to use 
> starts-with to get the first letter of each title but wasnt 
> sure if there 
> was a first occurence function to use? Also if anyone knows a 
> better way to 
> make it alphabetical with titles i would appreciate their 
> input (apart from 
> using xsl:sort)

A grouping question, see Jeni's pages <http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/grouping/> for details on the the Muenchian Method.

Cheers,

Jarno - Were: Further (AE2 Edit)

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