Re: [xsl] using name() to generate a tag dynamically in xsl output - STI

But isn't what David suggested exactly what you need?

  <xsl:template match="*[word][(_at_)s_len&lt;2.5]">

Gerrit


On 26.02.2010 22:24, mark bordelon wrote:
> I was not clear. And I should have posted some xml, so here it is:
>
> <text>
>     <line id="1" s_len="2.8">
>        <word id="1">Thou</word>
>        <word id="2">still</word>
>        <word id="3">unravish'd</word>
>        <word id="4">bride</word>
>        <word id="5">of</word>
>        <word id="6">quietness</word>,
>     </line>
>     <clause id="2" s_len="2.4">
>        <word id="7">The</word>
>        <word id="8">quick</word>-
>        <word id="9">brown</word>
>        <word id="10">fox</word>
>        <word id="11">jumped</word>
>        <word id="12">over</word>
>        <word id="13">lazy</word>
>        <word id="14">dog</word>,
>      </clause>
> </text>
>
> I want a the xpath which would work in a template match to get the parent node 
> of<word>, no matter what it is, whose @s_len attribute is less than 2.5 seconds.
>
> The template will then compose an element for output, using the tagname of that 
> parent of<word>  which met that condition.
>
> This works:
> <xsl:template match="clause[(_at_)s_len&lt;2.5] | line[(_at_)s_len&lt;2.5]">
> <xsl:element name="{name()}">
>         <xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="@id" /></xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
>
> But it presumes that I know that the parent of<word>  is either a node named<clause>  
> or<line>. I am trying to generalize even further and not make that assumption in the match 
> condition.
>
> As I said, I cannot seem to use any axis or axis-like expression, so matches 
> like the following give an error in Altova Spy:
> match="word/parent::*[(_at_)s_len&lt;2.5]"
> match="word/../*[(_at_)s_len&lt;2.5]"
>
> I have tried your suggestions and no node is returned, but I think I was not 
> clear in what I needed.
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Christopher R. Maden<crism(_at_)maden(_dot_)org>  wrote:
>
>
> From: Christopher R. Maden<crism(_at_)maden(_dot_)org>
> Subject: Re: [xsl] using name() to generate a tag dynamically in xsl output - 
> FOLLOW UP
> To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
> Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 11:50 AM
>
>
> mark bordelon wrote:
> > Experimenting with it lead me to a follow-up question.
> > Altova is complaining about any axis or axis-like syntax in my match
> > statement. I have also tried word/parent::**[(_at_)s_len&lt;0] and various
> > others. My idea is to get any node the parent of<word>  with that
> > condition of its attribute.
> I was recently surprised to be reminded that match pattern steps are
> restricted in their syntax.  Assuming that the double-asterisk was just
> a typo in your e-mail, try *[word and @s_len<  0] instead.
>
> ~Chris
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