On 25.08.2010 23:56, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
There are variable numbers of each dt/dd combination, but they are
generally kept together by<dt> value.
Ultimately I'd like to convert this into a pipe-separated-value file
(with implied headers):
111|222,333,444|555,666|....
Dear Evan,
You say you are using xsltproc which is XSLT 1. On the other hand, you
teach yourself XSLT 2.0 with Michael Kay's book. Can you switch to an
XSLT 2 processor, such as Saxon? Then this will serve as a solution:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
version="2.0" >
<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:template match="dl">
<xsl:variable name="dds" as="xs:string+">
<xsl:for-each-group select="dt" group-by=".">
<xsl:sequence
select="string-join(
for $dt in current-group()
return $dt/following-sibling::*[1]/self::dd,
','
)">
</xsl:sequence>
</xsl:for-each-group>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:sequence select="string-join($dds, '|')" />
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
This is based on the assumption that each dt is followed by exactly one
dd. If there may be multiple dds after each dt, you should group
adjacent dds in a first pass.
-Gerrit
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