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Subject: Re: fixed position
From: "Kevin Nardi" <kevnardi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 11:20:25 -0700
kevin nardi
<xsl:template match="item">
   <xsl:if test="position() = 4">
       <xsl:text>Solution</xsl:text>
   </xsl:if>
   <xsl:if test="not(. = 'Solution')">
       <xsl:value-of select="." />
   </xsl:if>
   &#160;
</xsl:template>

This is a somewhat hokey way to do it, but if you can assume 1) That a "Solution" node will ALWAYS show up in your data, and 2) There will ALWAYS be four or more nodes, then it works fine.

Otherwise, you could copy a result tree fragment into a variable, and switch the elements around so that Solution is 4th, and then iterate through that.

I know there must be a better way to do it, but I can't think of one right now. Anyone else?

-Kevin

From: James Melton <james.melton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  fixed position
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 13:58:52 -0400

The question is somewhat confusing. Are you putting out only text found
inside an item element? If so are you imposing a particular order on all
of the output? Are you only concerned with the ordering of "Solution"
and nothing else? What if no "Solution" appears in the input? What if
there are only three items, and "Solution" cannot be the fourth since
there are not four?

Jim.

Meltem Kogelbauer wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> here is an xml document
> <data>
> <item>Solution</item>
> <item>Business</item>
> <item>Strategy</item>
> <item>Technology</item>
> <item>Problem</item>
> ...................
> </data>
>
> the output will be as
>
> Business Strategy Technology Solution Problem ........
>
> the position of "Solution" may change in the xml file but it has to appear
> in the 4th position always.
>
> Does anybody have a good idea for this?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Meltem
>
> XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list


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