<xsl:variable name="data-nr" select="/mydoc/specials/data_nr"/>
<xsl:template match="a">
<a>
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
<xsl:copy-of select="node()"/>
<xsl:if test="count(preceding-sibling::a)+1 = $data-text">
<xsl:copy-of select="$data_nr/../data-text"/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
Michael Kay
Software AG
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
Thomas Olausson
Sent: 06 September 2002 22:46
To: XSL-List(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] copy single node once from one location to another
My XML file is being fed to an external system, which I don't
have control of.
It adds a "specials"-tag at the end like this: (hardcoded)
<mydoc>
<a id="ABC">
<data>100</data>
<data>101</data>
</a>
<a id="DEF">
<data>200</data>
<data>201</data>
</a>
<specials>
<data_nr>2</data_nr>
<data_text>300</data_text>
</specials>
</mydoc>
I'd like to write a XSLT that moves the data_text to the
corresponding index of "a", expressed in data_nr. In the
above case, /mydoc/a[2]
In the above example, I'd like the output to be
<mydoc>
<a id="ABC">
<data>100</data>
<data>101</data>
</a>
<a id="DEF">
<data>200</data>
<data>201</data>
<data>300</data>
</a>
<specials>
<data_nr>2</data_nr>
<data_text>300</data_text>
</specials>
</mydoc>
I just copied the 300-data to the 2nd 'a', because data_nr was 2.
I know which fields to copy from, and I don't need any error
checking (in case there are only one a , but data_nr=2 would
never happen)
I can't change the external system, and in XSLT, I haven't
figured out to copy the line once. My XSLTs copies them one
for every data item, even if I match correctly.
/Thomas
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