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> Surely this doesn't satisy Eliot's requirement that the path can be "arbitrarily long"? > > Michael Kay Yes, as well as the fact that probably every XML parser has a limit for the maximum depth of an XML document that it can process. Knowing this limit, one needs to make a more precise and realistic requirement. Cheers, Dimitre On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. >> > -- 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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