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On Sep 23, 12:58pm, Michael Teigman wrote: You can try a different approach: <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/XSL/Transform/1.0"> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:apply-templates select="(Salesman/Orders[not(@Order='')])[1]"/> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="Orders"> <order-val> <xsl:value-of select="@Order"/> </order-val> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> This yields: <order-val>zzzzzzzzz</order-val> The select clause chooses the first Orders element that has a non-null Order attribute. Dan > Subject: RE: How Can You Exit an xsl:for-each Loop Prematurely? > > My source XML has an element with a set of attributes with the same name e.g., > > <Salesman> > <Orders Order=""/> > <Orders Order=""/> > <Orders Order="zzzzzzzzz"/> > <Orders Order="ee"/> > </Salesman> > > To simplify, I am doing the equivalent of trying to find the first non-null > Order, e.g.: > > <xsl:for-each select="//Salesman/Orders/@Order"> > <xsl:variable name="orderID"> > <xsl:value-of select="."/> > </xsl:variable> > <xsl:if test="string-length($orderID) > 0"> > ..... output something ..... > </xsl:if> > </xsl:for-each> > > I want only the first output. I do not want multiple outputs. > > How could I exit after the first or suppress the additional outputs after I have > found one? > > mike > > > > > (Embedded > image moved "Harbarth, Juliane" <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > to file: 09/23/99 10:43 AM > pic06086.pcx) > > > > > Please respond to xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > cc: (bcc: Michael Teigman/HPG/US/Reuters) > Subject: RE: How Can You Exit an xsl:for-each Loop Prematurely? > > > > > > > > > From: Michael Teigman [mailto:michael.teigman@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 1:31 AM > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: How Can You Exit an xsl:for-each Loop Prematurely? > > > > Is there some way to exit an xsl:for-each loop before all the nodes have > been > > evaluated? > > I can't think of anything to achieve that. > Can you give some more details of what you are trying to do ? > > Juliane. > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, > except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of > Reuters Ltd. > > [ Attachment (application/octet-stream): "pic06086.pcx" 3279 bytes > Encoded with "base64" ] >-- End of excerpt from Michael Teigman -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> <> Dan Machak <> machak@xxxxxxxxxxxx <> <> MS T27A-1 <> 650-604-2388 (VOICE) <> <> NASA Ames Research Center <> 650-604-3957 (FAX) <> <> Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 <> <> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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