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Surely this doesn't satisy Eliot's requirement that the path can be "arbitrarily long"? Michael Kay Saxonica > On 5 Nov 2016, at 16:50, Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'd suggest this non-recursive solution: > > <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> > <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/> > > <xsl:param name="pPath" select="'/foo/bar/baz/bam/bak/bap/bah/baw'"/> > > <xsl:variable name="vNames" select="tokenize($pPath, '/')[.]"/> > > <xsl:template match="*[count(current()/ancestor::*) lt count($vNames)]"> > <xsl:element name="{$vNames[count(current()/ancestor::node())]}"> > <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/> > </xsl:element> > </xsl:template> > > <xsl:template match="text()"/> > </xsl:stylesheet> > > > When applied on: > > <x1> > <x2> > <x3> > <x4> > <x5> > <x6> > <x7> > <x8> > <x9> > <x10> > <x11> > <x12> > <x13> > <x14> > <x15> > <x16> > <x17> > <x18> > <x19> > <x20> > </x20> > </x19> > </x18> > </x17> > </x16> > </x15> > </x14> > </x13> > </x12> > </x11> > </x10> > </x9> > </x8> > </x7> > </x6> > </x5> > </x4> > </x3> > </x2> > </x1> > > the result is: > > <foo> > <bar> > <baz> > <bam> > <bak> > <bap> > <bah> > <baw/> > </bah> > </bap> > </bak> > </bam> > </baz> > </bar> > </foo> > > > Cheers, > Dimitre > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Eliot Kimber ekimber@xxxxxxxxxxxx > <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Say I have this string: "foo/bar" (or any arbitrarily-long sequence of >> /-delimited tag names) and want to construct from it: >> >> <foo> >> <bar> >> <!-- Stuff added here that I get from somewhere else --> >> </bar> >> </foo> >> >> Is there an easier or more obvious way to generate this than an recursive >> function? >> >> With a recursive function I can easily create child elements until the >> sequence is exhausted but it feels like there should be an easier way >> using XSLT 2 but if there is I'm not thinking of it. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Eliot >> >> -- >> Eliot Kimber >> http://contrext.com >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > Dimitre Novatchev > --------------------------------------- > Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. > --------------------------------------- > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk > ------------------------------------- > Never fight an inanimate object > ------------------------------------- > To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the > biggest mistake of all > ------------------------------------ > Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. > ------------------------------------- > You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what > you're doing is work or play > ------------------------------------- > To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. > ------------------------------------- > Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. > ------------------------------------- > Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they > write all patents, too? :) > ------------------------------------- > Sanity is madness put to good use. > ------------------------------------- > I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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