This is a new area for me. Need to eliminate duplicates that occur
within sub-groups.
XML Input example:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<boxes>
<box_sizes>
<value>square</value>
</box_sizes>
<box_sizes>
<value>square</value>
</box_sizes>
</boxes>
<boxes>
<box_sizes>
<value>round</value>
</box_sizes>
<box_sizes>
<value>square</value>
</box_sizes>
</boxes>
<color1>red</color1>
<color2>blue</color2>
</root>
Desired output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
<color1>red</color1>
<boxes>
<box_sizes>
<value>square</value>
</box_sizes>
</boxes>
<boxes>
<box_sizes>
<value>round</value>
<value>square</value>
</box_sizes>
</boxes>
</root>
As you can see, I want to eliminate duplicate occurances of
<box_sizes/value> within the <boxes> group.
Here's what I'm trying to do, but it's not working.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:key name="uniqueWithinParent" match="//value"
use="concat(generate-id(parent::box_sizes),.)"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<root>
<color1>
<xsl:value-of select="root/color1"/>
</color1>
<xsl:for-each select="root/boxes">
<boxes>
<box_sizes>
<xsl:for-each
select="box_sizes/value">
<value>
<xsl:value-of select="value"/>
</value>
</xsl:for-each>
</box_sizes>
</boxes>
</xsl:for-each>
</root>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Thanks so much for any help!!!
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