Hi again Kathy,
At 02:09 PM 4/15/2003, you wrote:
***I'm just trying to put each numbered <listitem> (child of
safety/numbered_list) into a table row***
<xsl:template match="safety">
<table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="4">
<tr bgcolor="red" valign="bottom">
<th align="left">
<h3>SAFETY</h3>
</th>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select="numbered_list/listitem">
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:number level="multiple" format="1. "
count="listitem" />
<xsl:value-of select="." />
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
<br />
</xsl:template>
Fully templated version:
<xsl:template match="safety">
<table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="4">
<tr bgcolor="red" valign="bottom">
<th align="left">
<h3>SAFETY</h3>
</th>
</tr>
<xsl:apply-templates select="numbered_list/listitem"/>
<!-- depending on your source data you may not need the 'select'
attribute -->
</table>
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="listitem">
<!-- again depending, you may want to qualify this as
match="numbered_list/listitem"
and/or use a mode -->
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:number level="multiple" format="1. " count="listitem" />
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<!-- instead of saying value-of we'll let the built-in templates do
it -->
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:template>
As you can see, in this simple case there's no appreciable gain in clarity
or power; but as your source and processing get more complex, templates
give us the flexibility we will need. (Think about what happens as your
source data gets loose and variable.)
Cheers,
Wendell
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