I can do step 1, but step 2 gives me trouble. To
formalise: how do I convert a structure structure like
<break/>+ { other+ <break/>+ }*
into
{ <p> other+ </p> }*
I fear the solution is really simple. Any ideas?
I wouldn't say it's simple. The best that I can come up with is this
(note: untested), perhaps there is a more elegant solution:
<xsl:template match="break">
<!-- locate the positions of all following breaks, appending a comma
after each -->
<xsl:variable name="following-breaks">
<xsl:for-each select="following-sibling::*">
<xsl:if test="self::break"><xsl:value-of
select="position()"/>,</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:variable>
<!-- extract the position of the first break following sibling -->
<xsl:variable name="first-break" select="number(substring-before
($following-breaks, ','))"/>
<!-- don't do any copies if the next break occurs immediately after us -->
<xsl:if test="$first-break > 1">
<p>
<!-- copy all elements in between us -->
<xsl:copy-of select="following-sibling::*[position() <
$first-break]"/>
</p>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
Niko Matsakis
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