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Re: [xsl] Grouping a List into A Grid Structure

2008-06-23 04:11:46
Jeff Sese wrote:

I'm using the data for an XML workflow in InDesign. The main idea is 
to convert the list into a somewhat linear structure so that items  
are group according to order in which they appeared in the original  
list. Somewhat like a table, where there is a column for each list.

I added a wrapper element for the grouping that i want to achieve, to
make it clearer:

<root>
      <list>
              <group order="1st">
                      <item type="a">list 1 item 1</item>
                      <item type="a">list 2 item 1</item>
                      <item type="a">list 3 item 1</item>
              </group>
              <group order="1st">
                      <item type="b">list 1 item 2</item>
                      <item/>
                      <item/>
              </group>
              <group order="1st">
                      <item/>
                      <item type="b">list 2 item 2</item>
                      <item type="b">list 3 item 2</item>
              </group>
              <group order="1st">
                      <item/>
                      <item type="b">list 2 item 3</item>
                      <item type="b">list 3 item 3</item>
              </group>
              <group order="1st">
                      <item/>
                      <item type="b">list 2 item 4</item>
                      <item/>
              </group>
      </list>
</root>

  I thought about that.  But I don't see how you map your original
input to this output.  Here is you original input:

    <root>
       <list>
          <item type="a">list 1 item 1</item>
          <item type="b">list 1 item 2</item>
       </list>
       <list>
          <item type="a">list 2 item 1</item>
          <item type="b">list 2 item 2</item>
          <item type="b">list 2 item 3</item>
          <item type="b">list 2 item 4</item>
       </list>
       <list>
          <item type="a">list 3 item 1</item>
          <item type="b">list 3 item 2</item>
          <item type="b">list 3 item 3</item>
       </list>
    </root>

  From that and "somewhat like a table, where there is a column for
each list", I would expect someting like:

    <root>
       <list>
          <group order="1st">
             <item type="a">list 1 item 1</item>
             <item type="a">list 2 item 1</item>
             <item type="a">list 3 item 1</item>
          </group>
          <group order="1st">
             <item type="b">list 1 item 2</item>
             <item type="b">list 2 item 2</item>
             <item type="b">list 3 item 2</item>
          </group>
          <group order="1st">
             <item/>
             <item type="b">list 2 item 3</item>
             <item type="b">list 3 item 3</item>
          </group>
          <group order="1st">
             <item/>
             <item type="b">list 2 item 4</item>
             <item/>
          </group>
       </list>
    </root>

  Did I miss something?

  Regards,

--drkm





















      
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