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Re: XSLT 2: Best Way to Synthesize Elements Given List

Subject: Re: XSLT 2: Best Way to Synthesize Elements Given List of Tagnames
From: "Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2016 18:31:25 -0000
Re:  XSLT 2: Best Way to Synthesize Elements Given List
 >  fold-left(reverse(tokenize($path, '/')),
$stuff-from-somewhere-else, f:wrap#2)

While I am all for using FP, this is the most unreadable of all
proposed solutions.

Eliot specifically asked for XSLT 2 solution.

The 10-lines non-recursive, based on practical limitations XSLT 2.0
solution, compared to the XSLT 3.0 solution using fold-left() (or
<xsl:iterate>)  is similar to the Indian space ship that reached Mars
for less than it cost to make "Gravity":

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/24/6837745/india-spacecraft-reaches-mars-orbit-less-than-gravity


:)



Cheers,
Dimitre

On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In 3.0, apart from xsl:iterate as suggested by John Lumley, you could consider using a fold:
>
> <xsl:function name="f:wrap" as="element(*)">
>   <xsl:param name="e" as="element(*)"/>
>   <xsl:param name="n" as="xs:string"/>
>   <xsl:element name="{$n}"><xsl:copy-of select="$e"/></xsl:element>
> </xsl:function>
>
> then
>
> fold-left(reverse(tokenize($path, '/')), $stuff-from-somewhere-else, f:wrap#2)
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
>> On 5 Nov 2016, at 16:19, 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 



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Dimitre Novatchev
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