Chris,
After taking the time to read this over im a bit confused as to what node
you are trying to get at to begin your count...
> count the number of <element> nodes in the tree starting from the
> last <element> or the last <element> whose following-sibling::element
does
> not have a child <flag>.
Can you please clarify what it is exactly that you re looking for? In the
following tree can you point out where you want to begin the count, which
direction you want to go, and what nodes your do or dont want to include in
the count?...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<root>
<!--start A series of 1 -->
<element number="A1">
<flag/>
</element>
<!-- start B series of 4 -->
<element number="B1">
<flag/>
</element>
<element number="B2"/>
<element number="B3"/>
<element number="B4"/>
<!-- start C series of 2 -->
<element number="C1">
<flag/>
</element>
<element number="C2"/>
<!-- start D series of 3 -->
<element number="D1">
<flag/>
</element>
<element number="D2" />
<element number="D3" />
</root>
You are right, it is just a simple XPath issue... but if you help me better
understand what it is you want I can give a lot more help in writing the
XPath.
Thanks!
M.
From: "M. David Peterson" <conners_dad(_at_)msn(_dot_)com>
Reply-To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
To: <xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Subject: Re: [xsl] Count() elements in range
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:05:10 -0600
Chris,
At first glance I noticed you have following-sibling wrapped in
parentheses.
The only time you will use parentheses is when you are invoking a function.
In this case you are just searching for a particular node using a standard
XPath expression.
So, this...
<xsl:when test="(following-sibling::element[1][child::flag]) or
> (count(following-sibling::element) = 0)">
should read like this...
<xsl:when test="following-sibling::element[1][child::flag] |
count(following-sibling::element) = 0)">
Im rushing out the door and don't have time to look to see what other
issues
you might have or what solutions would work best but if I get back and this
hasn't helped or someone else hasn't been able to help I will take another
look at it.
Best regards,
M.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Chris(_dot_)Pearson(_at_)agilisys(_dot_)com>
To: <XSL-List(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:33 PM
Subject: [xsl] Count() elements in range
> I am wrestling with a problem related to counting a specific range of
> elements in a source document. I've tried searching the archives, but I
> was
> unable to locate any past discussions that appeared relevant.
>
>
> Problem: count the number of <element> nodes in the tree starting from
the
> last <element> or the last <element> whose following-sibling::element
does
> not have a child <flag>. I think my issue is simply a matter of XPath
> expressions, but my brain keeps trying differing versions of recursion
> with
> no luck.
>
>
> Source xml:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> <root>
> <!--start A series of 1 -->
> <element number="A1">
> <flag/>
> </element>
> <!-- start B series of 4 -->
> <element number="B1">
> <flag/>
> </element>
> <element number="B2"/>
> <element number="B3"/>
> <element number="B4"/>
> <!-- start C series of 2 -->
> <element number="C1">
> <flag/>
> </element>
> <element number="C2"/>
> <!-- start D series of 3 -->
> <element number="D1">
> <flag/>
> </element>
> <element number="D2" />
> <element number="D3" />
> </root>
>
>
> Stylesheet so far:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
> version="1.0">
> <xsl:output method="text" media-type="text/plain"/>
> <xsl:strip-space elements="*" />
>
> <xsl:template match="/root/element">
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="(following-sibling::element[1][child::flag]) or
> (count(following-sibling::element) = 0)">
> <xsl:call-template name="countFlags">
> <xsl:with-param name="nodeList"
> select="preceding-sibling::element"
> />
> </xsl:call-template>
> </xsl:when>
> <xsl:otherwise />
> </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template name="countFlags">
> <xsl:param name="nodeList"/>
> <!-- do something here to count the preceding-sibling::element nodes up
to
> the first <element> whose following-sibling::element does not have a
> <flag>
> child. -->
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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