Hi
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From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
Whitney, Dan (CanWest Interactive)
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 4:06 PM
To: 'mulberry - xsl'
Subject: [xsl] creating html tables from cells
2 questions.
(...)
I'm wondering if there's an effecient way with xsl to
transform it to: <table>
<tr>
<td>Row 1 - Column 1</td>
<td>Row 1 - Column 2</td>
<td>Row 1 - Column 3</td>
<td>Row 1 - Column 4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row 2 - Column 1</td>
<td>Row 2 - Column 2</td>
<td>Row 2 - Column 3</td>
<td>Row 2 - Column 4</td>
</tr>
</table>
I know I have to somehow create the tr's on the RS element
but I'm not at all sure how.
You can use keys to do this, though it might not be the best solution
for big files.
Check the comments in the code
Stylesheet:
<!-- set the key to look for the closest previous RI with @col=1 -->
<xsl:key match="RI" name="RI" use="generate-id((preceding-sibling::RI
| self::RI)[(_at_)col=1][last()])"/>
<xsl:template match="RS">
<table>
<!-- start only with RI the belong to the first column -->
<xsl:apply-templates mode="start" select="RI[(_at_)col=1]"/>
</table>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="RI" mode="start">
<!-- for each one create a row -->
<tr>
<!-- then select the nodes until the next RI[(_at_)col=1] -->
<xsl:apply-templates select="key('RI',generate-id())"/>
</tr>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="RI">
<!-- here you do whatever you want with the columns -->
<td>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</td>
</xsl:template>
Regards,
Americo Albuquerque
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