Re: preceding sibling

Hi Kaarle,

You could use the node-set function to solve the
problem.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"
exclude-result-prefixes="xalan">

<xsl:output method="text" version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>

<xsl:template match="/person">
  <xsl:variable name="rtf">
    <person>
	<xsl:for-each select="notices/notice[@tag = 'NAME']">
	  <xsl:copy-of select="name"/>
	</xsl:for-each>
    </person>
  </xsl:variable>
		
  <xsl:for-each
select="xalan:nodeset($rtf)/person/name">
   <xsl:if test="givenname =
preceding-sibling::name[1]/givenname">
     <xsl:value-of select="surname"/>
   </xsl:if>
   <xsl:if test="not(givenname =
preceding-sibling::name[1]/givenname)">
     <xsl:value-of select="givenname"/>
     <xsl:value-of select="surname"/>
   </xsl:if>
  </xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>
	
</xsl:stylesheet>

Regards,
Mukul

 --- Kaarle Kaila <kaarle.kaila@xxxxxx> wrote: > Thank
you Andreas for you suggestion.
> 
> >If I interpret correctly, the expression you are
> looking for is something
> like:
>
>test="preceding::notice[@tag='NAME'][1]/name/givenname[.=current()]"
> >This will be true when the immediately preceding
> notice node with an @tag
> >equal to 'NAME' has a name/givenname child equal to
> the current node.
> 
> I tried this but it compared to names too far back.
> The comparision should
> be made only to name/givenname elements withing
> notice[@tag='NAME'] elements
> whithin a person element.
> 
> The suggestion you gave compared also with a name of
> the previous person and
> that should be avoided. As answer to Mukul's
> question :
> 
> The <person> can contain <name> or <notices> and
> <notices> contains <notice>
> tags and <notice> tags can contain <name>:s. There
> is always a <person> tag
> as a parent to any <name> or <notices>
> 
> I have started to write an XML Schema to describe
> the structure and I stored
> the current version at
>
http://www.kk-software.fi/v20/pikaopas/html/raport.xsd
> 
> I would be greatfull for some advice here. I have
> tried to understand the
> XPath syntax both using the recommendation at 
> www.w3c.org and Michael Kays
> book but both are rather difficult to read.
> 
> regards
> Kaarle
> 
> --
> Kaarle Kaila
> email: kaarle dot kaila at iki dot fi
> www.iki.fi/kaila
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mukul Gandhi" <mukulgandhi2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 1:58 PM
> Subject: Re:  preceding sibling
> 
> 
> > Hi Kaarle,
> >   Can you please explain the XML structure? How
> does a
> > <notice> tag relate to the previous and next
> <notice>
> > tag? Is there some grouping?
> >
> > In one <notice> tag, you have'nt mentioned
> tag="NAME"
> > -
> >
> > <notice>
> >   <name>
> >     <givenname>Lena</givenname>
> >     <surname>Karamazina</surname>
> >   </name>
> > </notice>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mukul
> >
> >  --- Kaarle Kaila <kaarle.kaila@xxxxxx> wrote: >
> My
> > XML file contains data like this:
> > >
> > > <person sex="F">
> > > <name>
> > > <givenname>Lena</givenname>
> > > <surname>Karamazina</surname>
> > > </name>
> > >
> > > <notices>
> > > <notice tag="NAME">
> > > <name>
> > > <givenname>Lena</givenname>
> > > <surname>Koski</surname>
> > > </name>
> > > </notice>
> > >
> > > <notice tag="BIRT">
> > > <date>1944</date>
> > > <place>Tyrvdd</place>
> > > </notice>
> > > <notice>
> > > <name>
> > > <givenname>Lena</givenname>
> > > <surname>Karamazina</surname>
> > > </name>
> > > </notice>
> > >
> > > <notice tag="NAME">
> > > <name>
> > > <givenname>Lena-Lisa</givenname>
> > > <surname>Karamazina</surname>
> > > </name>
> > > </notice>
> > > </notices>
> > > </person>
> > > --------------------------------
> > > I want to print the names after each other but
> if
> > > teh givenname is same as
> > > previous one then I want to print only the
> surname.
> > >
> > > The lower part of this xsl section is OK to
> compare
> > > the name in the person
> > > but how should I compare with the givenname of
> the
> > > previous sibling in
> > > notice element with tag="NAME".
> > >
> > > Any advice would be appreciated. I am having
> some
> > > difficulties in reading
> > > the XSLT book Expressions chapter I guess.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="givenname">
> > >
> > >
> > > <xsl:choose>
> > > <xsl:when
> > >
> >
>
test="../../../notice::preceding-sibling[@tag='NAME']=.">
> > > <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
> > > <xsl:apply-templates/>
> > > </xsl:when>
> > >
> > > <xsl:when
> test="ancestor::person/name/givenname=.">
> > > </xsl:when>
> > > <xsl:otherwise>
> > > <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
> > > <xsl:apply-templates/>
> > > </xsl:otherwise>
> > > </xsl:choose>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > ------------------
> > > regards
> > > Kaarle Kaila
> > > --
> > > Kaarle Kaila
> > > email: kaarle dot kaila at iki dot fi
> > > www.iki.fi/kaila
> > >
> >
> >
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