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:D David, I am quite agree with you. This is an instance where I have mentioned keeping eye with other functions/constructs available in XSLT2.0 I really did not count how many exact lines would be there :( -Ranjan --- David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Should not there be an alternative for any > function in > > xslt2.0 in xslt 1.0. > > No, of course not. > What would be the difference between (xslt1 + xslt1 > versions of all > xslt2 features) and xslt2. > > This is not specific to xslt, for any language, if a > new feature is > added in a new version, it's not available in the > old one. > > > Otherwise it is required to write 100 lines of > code as > > mentioned by Eliot Harold. > > > In this case it's not 100's of lines. Unless your > padding needs to be > really long (ie nore characters than there are nodes > in your stylesheet) > then you can do > > <xsl:for-each > select="(document('')//node())[position() <= > $count]">.</xsl:for-each> > > if you want to do a fully general recursive loop > then something like > > <xsl:template name="x"> > <xsl:param name="n"/> > <xsl:if test="$n!=0">.<xsl:call-template name="x"> > <xsl:with-param name="n" select="$n - 1"/> > </xsl:call-template> > </xsl:if> > </xsl:template> > > which is 7 lines, 3 of which are just closing open > elements so it's > really only 3 lines of code. > > David > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by > Star. The > service is powered by MessageLabs. For more > information on a proactive > anti-virus service working around the clock, around > the globe, visit: > http://www.star.net.uk > ________________________________________________________________________ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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