Hi all,
I am having some trouble getting the correct template matches written to
build a hierarchy.
I have similar to the following input XML:
<sect1>
<para>First Paragraph</para>
<para>* First list item</para>
<para>* Second list item</para>
<para>* Third list item <emphasis>emphasized text</emphasis></para>
<para>Second Paragraph</para>
<para>Third paragraph</para>
<!-- Start new list-->
<para>* First list item #2</para>
<para>* Second list item #2</para>
<para>Another paragraph</para>
</sect1>
I would like to put all para nodes that begin with "* " into a list
structure and cut off the first two characters when processed, to get the
following output:
<para>First Paragraph</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>First list item</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Second list item</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Third list item <emphasis>emphasized
text</emphasis></para>
<listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Second Paragraph</para>
<para>Third paragraph</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>First list item #2</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Second list item #2</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Another paragraph</para>
I was using this to get the <listitems> built:
<xsl:template match="para">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="substring(node()[1], 0, 3) = '* '>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xsl:value-of select="substring(node()[1], 3)"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="node()[position() > 1]"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<para>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</para>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:template>
But with this match, every <para> that starts with "* " becomes its own
itemizedlist with one listitem. Is there an efficient way to do this using
a recursive template, without creating duplicate output?
I appreciate any and all suggestions!
Thanks,
Ryan