At 02:57 PM 4/23/2004, Andreas wrote:
I'm not sure whether it would be better, but I'd be inclined to replace this
template:
>
> <xsl:template name="word-map">
With a small xml file, containing mappings of the sort:
<root>
<n num="1" word="one" />
<n num="2" word="two" />
...
</root>
then load this in via document(), and use XPath expressions to retrieve the
words:
<xsl:variable name="num-to-word"
select="document('nums.xml')/*/n" />
...
<xsl:value-of select="$num-to-word/*[(_at_)num=$val]/@word" />
Just a thought... I'm not sure about the particular benefits though.
It would be much easier to maintain, the next time the map changes from
numerals to English words. (I always like to plan for the long haul.)
Cheers,
Wendell
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