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Subject: Re: Count() elements in range
From: "Pramodh Peddi" <peddip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:51:14 -0400
xsl range
hi, this is just a test reply. i noticed that my emails are not reaching the
xsl-list, so i just thought to test it.

pp.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Chris.Pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:33 PM
Subject:  Count() elements in range


> I am wrestling with a problem related to counting a specific range of
> elements in a source document. I've tried searching the archives, but I
was
> unable to locate any past discussions that appeared relevant.
>
>
> Problem: count the number of <element> nodes in the tree starting from the
> last <element> or the last <element> whose following-sibling::element does
> not have a child <flag>. I think my issue is simply a matter of XPath
> expressions, but my brain keeps trying differing versions of recursion
with
> no luck.
>
>
> Source xml:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> <root>
> <!--start A series of 1 -->
> <element number="A1">
> <flag/>
> </element>
> <!-- start B series of 4 -->
> <element number="B1">
> <flag/>
> </element>
> <element  number="B2"/>
> <element  number="B3"/>
> <element  number="B4"/>
> <!-- start C series of 2 -->
> <element  number="C1">
> <flag/>
> </element>
> <element  number="C2"/>
> <!-- start D series of 3 -->
> <element  number="D1">
> <flag/>
> </element>
> <element  number="D2" />
> <element  number="D3" />
> </root>
>
>
> Stylesheet so far:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>   version="1.0">
> <xsl:output method="text" media-type="text/plain"/>
> <xsl:strip-space elements="*" />
>
> <xsl:template match="/root/element">
>   <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="(following-sibling::element[1][child::flag]) or
> (count(following-sibling::element) = 0)">
>       <xsl:call-template name="countFlags">
>         <xsl:with-param name="nodeList"
select="preceding-sibling::element"
> />
>       </xsl:call-template>
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise />
>   </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template name="countFlags">
>   <xsl:param name="nodeList"/>
> <!-- do something here to count the preceding-sibling::element nodes up to
> the first <element> whose following-sibling::element does not have a
<flag>
> child. -->
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
>
>
>


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