Ask yourself, how can I determine from the XML how many quotes I need to
output. Let me explain. Two nights ago I was working with my wife on a project
she is doing. She wanted to indent the HTML output based on the nested depth of
an element in the XML input. I showed her how she could use the count()
function in conjunction with an XPath that selected all ancestor nodes with a
particular name to determine how much to indent the output. So, with an XML
structure like this:
<item>
<item>
<item></item>
</item>
</item>
you could set up a template like this:
(I don't have the code with me, so I rely on the other list readers to correct
errors and omissions)
<xsl:template match="item">
<div
style="position:relative;left:{count(ancestor::*[name()='item'])*10}px;"><div>
</xsl:template>
Each time the processor encountered an "item" element, it would determine the
number of ancestor "item" elements, multiply that number by the constant "10",
and indent the output by the product number of pixels.
In your situation, a simple multiplication won't do what you need, but the
principle applies. How many different-length strings of quotation marks might
you need?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dipesh Khakhkhar <dkhakhkh(_at_)mailbox(_dot_)syr(_dot_)edu>
Sent: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:44:29 -0400
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: RE: [xsl] Incrementing number in a for loop ??
hi,
First of all thanks a mile for answering my query which confirmed my guess
that i can not increment variable in xsl.
Well my xsl is like this.
When i m parsing my xsl file i m creating quotes like this and it is HARDCODED
and this I counted and put into my xsl file as show below where at someplace i
need like this.
<xsl:text>
``````````````````````````````</xsl:text>
And at other place i need something like this.
<xsl:text>
``````</xsl:text>
So i was trying to confirm that can i declare a variable and code in other
languages as under:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
int quoteCount = 30; // for example this many quotes i need
for(int i = 0; i < quoteCount ; i++)
printf("`");
// cout << "`" \
// Console.Write("`")
// System.Out.print("`");
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for taking out your time and answering my question. Well i thought from
here i will get conformace for my guessing thats why i asked question like
this and if it bothered someone i am really sorry for that.
Regards,
Dipesh
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:27:00 -0400
From: cknell(_at_)onebox(_dot_)com
Subject: RE: [xsl] Incrementing number in a for loop ??
Variables, once declared, cannot be changed. You could pass the old value to
the called template with a parameter and declare a variable inside the
template which adds one to the value passed as a parameter when the template
is called recursively, but probably there's a better way to achieve the
result. We could tell more if you supply a stripped-down example of your
source XML and your stylesheet.
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- -----Original Message-----
From: Dipesh Khakhkhar <dkhakhkh(_at_)mailbox(_dot_)syr(_dot_)edu>
Sent: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:56:22 -0400
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Incrementing number in a for loop ??
Hi,
I am creating a text output from xml and at some places i have to give
hardcoded special characters.
Is is possible to declare a variable having numerical value and incrementing
it using expression inside for loop ?
If somebody can throw some light on this issue i would be grateful.
Regards,
Dipesh
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:27:18 -0400
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman(_at_)CraneSoftwrights(_dot_)com>
Subject: Re: [xsl] Incrementing number in a for loop ??
At 2003-07-30 19:56 -0400, Dipesh Khakhkhar wrote:
I am creating a text output from xml and at some places i have to give
hardcoded special characters.
This not a very explicit description of a problem that needs to be solved
using incrementing variables.
Is is possible to declare a variable having numerical value and incrementing
it using expression inside for loop ?
No ... this is a FFFFAQ ... even a simple query will tell you the answer to
this question:
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=increment+global+variable+xslt
Gee, it even happens to be my answer that is at the top of the list tonight.
If somebody can throw some light on this issue i would be grateful.
Variables in XSLT do not vary within their scope. Now your question has
been answered, but you only asked a yes/no question and you haven't given
enough detail for anyone to help you with your real problem.
If you take a moment to describe the nature of the problem you are trying
to solve where you think you need a varying variable, people on the list
will be able to tell you about the position() function or the <xsl:number/>
instruction, or about tree walking with recursive template calls, or any of
a number of other XSLT facilities that may be able to help you solve your
problem.
And please take your time to try and do *some* research before asking
people to take from their time to answer your questions that have already
been answered.
I hope this helps.
............... Ken
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:39:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mukul Gandhi <mukulw3(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com>
Subject: Re: [xsl] Incrementing number in a for loop ??
You *cannot increment* variables in XSLT. But you may
use count() and possibly other workarounds to generate
serial nos.
Regards,
Mukul
Is is possible to declare a variable having
numerical value and incrementing
it using expression inside for loop ?
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