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Subject: RE: Combine content of separate elements
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:15:09 -0000
RE:  Combine content of separate elements
 What I want to do is combine the 
> content of a <para> with the next <para2> but only if another 
> <para> do not occur between the first <para> and <para2>.

Sounds like

<xsl:template match="para">
  <p>
   <xsl:apply-templates/>
   <xsl:apply-templates
select="following-sibling::*[self::para|self::para2][1][self::para2]"/>
  </p>
</xsl:template>

In English: the first following sibling that is a para or para2, provided it
is a para2.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cutter [mailto:cutter1994@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 14 November 2006 21:53
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Combine content of separate elements
> 
> <para>This is the start of a paragraph.  Then a page break 
> occurs.  The paragraph</para> <table id = "2"/> 
> <pageBreak><num>106</num></pageBreak>
> <table id = "3"/>
> <pageBreak><num>107</num></pageBreak>
> <para2>continues here.</para2>
> 
> I want to combine the content of <para2> with <para>.  The 
> problem is that there can be any type of elements as a 
> following-sibling between a <para> and a <para2> except 
> another <para> or <para2>.  What I want to do is combine the 
> content of a <para> with the next <para2> but only if another 
> <para> do not occur between the first <para> and <para2>.
> 
> Here's what I currently have:
> <xsl:if test="following-sibling::pageBreak[following-sibling::para2]">
>  <xsl:text>&#x20;</xsl:text><xsl:apply-templates
> select="following-sibling::para2[1]"/>
> </xsl:if>
> 
> This outputs with the <para2> content in every <para> that 
> precedes a <pageBreak>.
> 
> The stylsheet I am using is 2.0 but I haven't figured out 
> what 2.0 feature will let me do this easily.
> 
> Thanks the help. 
> 
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