RE: merging the contents of consecutive duplicate ele

Yes, it can be done (search for "positional grouping"). But the code for
doing it depends rather on the content model for the parent element of
"info". It also depends on whether you're using 1.0 or 2.0.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Annmarie Rubin (anrubin) [mailto:anrubin@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 17 October 2005 23:36
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Annmarie Rubin (anrubin)
> Subject:  merging the contents of consecutive duplicate elements
> 
> Hello list,
>  
> I haven't found this in the archives. I have XML that can contain
> duplicate, consecutive elements with different contents, for example:
>  
> <info>
>       <para>text A </para>
>       <note>note A </note>
>  </info>
>  <info>
>       <para>text B</para>
>       <note>note B</note>
>       <para>text C</para>
>   </info>
>  
> Is there a way to do the following:
>  
> merge the contents of the duplicate elements into a single 
> info element,
> for example:
>  
> <info>
>     <para>text A</para>
>     <note>note A</note>
>     <para>text B</para>
>     <note>note B</note>
>     <para>text C</para> 
> </info>
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Ann Marie