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Re: [xsl] Calculating cumulative values - another call for help

2007-08-29 01:41:07
On 8/29/07, Simon Shutter <simon(_at_)schemax(_dot_)com> wrote:
Dear Experts,

I've been aggregating numbers in XSLT 1.0 using the preceding-sibling:: axis
for nodes with the same parent.  I now need to aggregate all the values that
precede the context node, even if they have different parents.  For this I
added another attribute using the preceding:: axis (see XSLT 1.0 Stylesheet
below).  Unfortunately, the transform is starting to groan under the weight
of all these O(n^2) operations.  I have revisited an earlier solution
suggested by Dimitre Novatchev (see XSLT 2.0 Stylesheet below) that uses
FXSL.  However, I'm not clear how I can adapt it to meet the new
requirements.  Specifically, I would like to:

a) generate attribute y3 that is a cumulative value based on all preceding
<point> elements
b) copy y1 from the input to the output

- If you can use XSLT 2.0 then just do it in two passes
- If you are stuck with 1.0 without the node-set extension then you
could optimize it a little by processing <point> elements along the
following-sibling axis passing the running total as you go (but that
would require @x to have a limited number of possible values)
- If you are using 1.0 + node-set extension then again just do two
passes to avoid O(n^2)

cheers
andrew
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http://andrewjwelch.com

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