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Yes that did occur but grouping syntax is not something I retain in short term memory so am going to try and avoid that...... we'll see. On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I hate to say it, but this is nicely handled as a grouping problem: > > <xsl:for-each-group select="(A|B)/Date" group-by="."> > <xsl:apply-templates select=".'/> <!-- applies a template to the > first member of each group --> > <!-- select="current-group()[1]" to be more explicit --> > </xsl:for-each-group> > > Many grouping problems are hidden in plain sight. :-) > > Cheers, Wendell > > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Martin Holmes <mholmes@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> If the text content of the element is all you care about, you could do >> something like this: >> >> <xsl:variable name="distinctDates"> >> <xsl:for-each select="distinct-values(A/Date | B/Date)"> >> <xsl:sort/> >> <Date><xsl:value-of select="."/></Date> >> </xsl:for-each> >> </xsl:variable> >> >> <xsl:apply-templates select="$distinctDates/Date"/> >> >> >> >> >> On 14-03-12 01:34 PM, Ihe Onwuka wrote: >>> >>> I have Date elements coming from 2 different parents. >>> >>> <A> >>> <Date>blah</Date> >>> </A> >>> >>> <B> >>> <Date>blah</Date> >>> </B> >>> >>> I am doing >>> >>> <xsl:apply-templates select="A/Date | B/Date> >>> <xsl:sort select="." order="ascending"/> >>> </xsl:apply-templates> >>> >>> and >>> >>> <xsl:template match="Date"> >>> etc >>> </xsl:template> >>> >>> I have noticed that when A and B have a child element of the same date >>> the Date template gets fired on each occasion, whereas I only want it >>> fired once >>> >>> I thought the union operator in the apply-templates would have the >>> effect of eliminating duplicates or aren't they duplicates if they >>> have the same content but come from different parents. >> > > > > -- > Wendell Piez | http://www.wendellpiez.com > XML | XSLT | electronic publishing > Eat Your Vegetables > _____oo_________o_o___ooooo____ooooooo_^
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