Re: Split with delimiter and remove duplicate using XS

Hi all!

Thanks for your insights and suggestions. I really appreciate it..

Sir Paul,

I ve tried your solution you posted on your blog and it worked. Thanks
a lot. A sigh of relief and less headache for me! =)

Cheers!

Ollie de Guzman
Philippines

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Paul Kiel <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Yes, xslt 2.0 is great and solves problems.  But I've had to get distinct values with an xslt 1.0 requirement (and no
> extensions) numerous times.  I've posted a blog entry on this with an example.  It uses a delimited list and then
> interates through the list using a template.
>
> http://www.xmlhelpline.com/blog/stories/2007/05/06/xslt10GroupingIteratingAndUniquenessWithoutKeys.html
>
> It isn't elegant, but it works.  Xslt 1.0 and no extensions nor keys.
> For what its worth.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ollie de guzman [mailto:deguzman.ollie@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 3:19 AM
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> Subject:  Split with delimiter and remove duplicate using XSL 1.0
>
> Hi all!
>
> I am new to XSL programming and I was tasked to solve the problem I stated on my subject.
> As i was browsing the mailing list, i chanced upon this reply
>
> Martin Wrote: I would first tokenize, then use xsl:for-each-group to remove duplicates:
>
> Perfect. I am going through the tutorials to understand <xsl:for-each-group> and it use. Still needs to look into the
> correct usage of current-group() and current-group-key(), group-by , group-adjacent etc. <xsl:copy-of
> select="current-group()[1]"/>
>
> Time to get seriously involve myself in exploring 2.0. :-)
>
> Thanks again Martin.
>
> Pankaj
>
> I know that this problem can be solved using functions in XSL 2.0 like tokenize, the use of regular expressions and
> etc.. but my question is, can it be solved using purely XSL 1.0 functions?
> (without the use of tokenize and regex)
>
> Example.
>
> If i have this tag:
>
> <sample>
> ...
> ...
> <text>[1]Sample Text 1[2]Sample Text 1[3]Sample Text 2</text>
>
> ...
> ...
> </sample>
>
> How can i get this output? The text would be parsed using [] as the delimiter then remove duplicate values (Sample Text
> 1)
>
> <out>Sample Text 1</out>
> <out>Sample Text 2</out>
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance.
>
> Ollie de Guzman
> Philippines
>
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