RE: Best way to create a "dictionary"/"map"/"something

The simplest way is to create a temporary tree and use xx:node-set() to
do the lookup:

<xsl:variable name="dict">
<entry key="k1" value="v1"/>
<entry key="k2" value="v2"/>
</xsl:variable>

xx:node-set($dict)/entry[@key=$x]/@value

or use xsl:key for faster access if the table is large.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Antonio Fiol
> Sent: 18 June 2002 09:20
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Best way to create a "dictionary"/"map"/"something"
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Here is the idea: In french, dates are written as DD MMMM YYYY. So, I 
> have an element with the parameters day, month and year (as numbers, 
> from 1 to whatever) and my named template "from-to" should output 
> something like "du 3 février 2001 au 6 octobre 2002" being 
> "du" and "au" 
> the french words for "from" and "to".
> 
> So, my template looks like this:
> 
>  <xsl:template name="from-to">
>    du
>    <xsl:value-of 
> select="/doc/generator/dateform[@prefix='start']/@day" />
>    <xsl:call-template name="month">
>        <xsl:with-param name="month" 
> select="/doc/generator/dateform[@prefix='start']/@month" />
>    </xsl:call-template> <xsl:value-of 
> select="/doc/generator/dateform[@prefix='start']/@year" />
>    au
>    <xsl:value-of 
> select="/doc/generator/dateform[@prefix='end']/@day" />
>    <xsl:call-template name="month">
>        <xsl:with-param name="month" 
> select="/doc/generator/dateform[@prefix='end']/@month" />
>    </xsl:call-template>
>    <xsl:value-of 
> select="/doc/generator/dateform[@prefix='end']/@year" />  
> </xsl:template>
> 
> And here is what I use to map numbers to their corresponding texts.
> 
>  <xsl:template name="month">
>   <xsl:param name="month" />
>   <xsl:choose>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=1">janvier</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=2">février</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=3">mars</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=4">avril</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=5">mai</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=6">juin</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=7">juillet</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=8">août</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=9">septembre</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=10">octobre</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=11">novembre</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$month=12">décembre</xsl:when>
>   </xsl:choose>
>  </xsl:template>
> 
> Even if this looks as a date formatting problem, it is not. I 
> have other 
> "dictionaries" like the following:
> 
>  <xsl:template name="access-mode">
>   <xsl:param name="bps"/>
>   <xsl:choose>
>    <xsl:when test="$bps=3600">Modem 28K</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$bps=4200">Modem 33K</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$bps=7075">Modem 56K</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$bps=8000">RNIS 64K</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$bps=16000">RNIS 128K</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$bps=32000">ADSL 256K</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$bps=64000">ADSL 512K</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$bps=96000">Cable 768K</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$bps=128000">ADSL 1M</xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="$bps=256000">ADSL 2M</xsl:when>
>   </xsl:choose>
>  </xsl:template>
> 
> Is this the best solution?
> Is there a better one?
> 
> N.B. All the options are known when I write the XSL file.
> 
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> 
> Antonio Fiol
> 
> 
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