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RE: [xsl] Alternatives to "Stopping" a for-each

2013-02-14 08:35:59
Hi Michael and Serhiy,

Thanks for all your suggestions.

Michael: yes, I am fully aware of for-each as a typical procedural language 
for-each.

Just to explain:
The line 7-11-6-12 has come out because:
7 = first ranked horse, 11= second ranked horse, 6=third ranked horse, 12=4th 
ranked horse + the winner of that race.

I get the winner of the current race from these xpaths:
<xsl:variable name="winner" select="Winners/Winner/@StartNo" />
                    <xsl:variable name="starts" select="Starts/Start" />
                    <xsl:variable name="startsnos" 
select="Starts/Start/StartNo" />

As I see it, option/alternative a is not an option.
It seems that option b could be the solution 

That means it must look in the lines of (Still a work in progress as you can 
see):
<xsl:template name="foo">        
        <xsl:param name="start"/>
        <xsl:param name="winner" />
        
        <xsl:if test="$start != $winner">
            <xsl:call-template name="foo">
                <xsl:with-param name="current" select="$start - 1"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="winner" select="$winner" />
            </xsl:call-template>
        </xsl:if>
        
    </xsl:template>

I'm not looking at xslt3.0 even though I am assuming that my saxon version 
could use it (I am on 9.4 I believe).

Trond

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike(_at_)saxonica(_dot_)com] 
Sent: 14. februar 2013 14:44
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] Alternatives to "Stopping" a for-each

Don't think of a for-each as a loop. Think of it as a functional mapping 
operation, where you apply a function (the body of the for-each) to every item 
in a sequence - quite possibly in parallel. There's no concept that the system 
doesn't start processing the second item until it has finished processing the 
first.

Your alternatives are

(a) decide up-front which items in the sequence to process, and select them in 
the select expression of the for-each

(b) if you need to make a dynamic decision, replace the for-each with a 
recursion.

(c) or in XSLT 3.0, xsl:iterate gives you a "sequential" equivalent of for-each 
where the way each item is processed can depend on the results of processing 
previous items (and an xsl:break that terminates processing)

Michael Kay
Saxonica

On 14/02/2013 13:10, trond(_dot_)huso(_at_)ntb(_dot_)no wrote:
I have to create the following list based on xml-structure below. It is a 
list of ranked horses, and where the last number (if there are more than one 
number) is the winning horse.

Rangering: 1. avd: 7-11-6-12 (str. 4), 2. avd: 9 (str. 1), 3. avd: 8, 4. avd: 
4-8 (str. 5), 5. avd: 6 (str. 10).

The example uses the bold part of the text.

So the idea is that I am sorting the ranking, looping the structure. When I 
hit the winning horse, I shall stop the loop.
Now I know that you cannot stop a for-each in xslt, so what is the best way 
to this then?



<Start>
                             <StartNo>1</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>N-04-0514</RegNo>
                                 <Name>Rise Stjerna</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>8279</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Kristine</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Kvasnes</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2140</Distance>
                             <Scratched>false</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>9</Ranking>
                         </Start>
                         <Start>
                             <StartNo>2</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>N-07-0133</RegNo>
                                 <Name>Bovis Rambo</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>79</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Thor</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Borg</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2140</Distance>
                             <Scratched>false</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>6</Ranking>
                         </Start>
                         <Start>
                             <StartNo>3</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>N-02-0165 </RegNo>
                                 <Name>Ådne Kongen</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>2014063</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Oda</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Verdal</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2140</Distance>
                             <Scratched>false</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>11</Ranking>
                         </Start>
                         <Start>
                             <StartNo>4</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>S-08-0191</RegNo>
                                 <Name>Jærvsø Kristina</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>17044</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Øystein</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Tjomsland</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2160</Distance>
                             <Scratched>true</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>0</Ranking>
                         </Start>
                         <Start>
                             <StartNo>5</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>N-07-0107</RegNo>
                                 <Name>Magnums Amadeus</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>5697</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Arild</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Berås</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2160</Distance>
                             <Scratched>false</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>5</Ranking>
                         </Start>
                         <Start>
                             <StartNo>6</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>578001020080549</RegNo>
                                 <Name>Willblesen</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>30399</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Rudolf</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Roland</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2160</Distance>
                             <Scratched>false</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>3</Ranking>
                         </Start>
                         <Start>
                             <StartNo>7</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>N-05-0660</RegNo>
                                 <Name>Lill Ronja</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>1537</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Eirik</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Høitomt</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2160</Distance>
                             <Scratched>false</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>1</Ranking>
                         </Start>
                         <Start>
                             <StartNo>8</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>N-04-0365</RegNo>
                                 <Name>Per Even</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>65285</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Vidar</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Tjomsland</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2160</Distance>
                             <Scratched>false</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>7</Ranking>
                         </Start>
                         <Start>
                             <StartNo>9</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>N-05-0179</RegNo>
                                 <Name>Ås Glimten</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>5040</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Johan Herbjørn</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Undem</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2160</Distance>
                             <Scratched>false</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>10</Ranking>
                         </Start>
                         <Start>
                             <StartNo>10</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>N-06-0047</RegNo>
                                 <Name>Pola Linus</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>2127</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Kristian</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Malmin</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2180</Distance>
                             <Scratched>false</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>8</Ranking>
                         </Start>
                         <Start>
                             <StartNo>11</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>N-03-0261</RegNo>
                                 <Name>Odintroll</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>8345</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Ole Johan</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Østre</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2180</Distance>
                             <Scratched>false</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>2</Ranking>
                         </Start>
                         <Start>
                             <StartNo>12</StartNo>
                             <Horse>
                                 <RegNo>N-07-0209</RegNo>
                                 <Name>Tallas</Name>
                             </Horse>
                             <Driver>
                                 <LicenseNo>5740</LicenseNo>
                                 <FirstName>Jan Rune</FirstName>
                                 <LastName>Gaustad</LastName>
                             </Driver>
                             <Distance>2180</Distance>
                             <Scratched>false</Scratched>
                             <Ranking>4</Ranking>
                         </Start>


Best regards,

Trond Husø
System Developer
www.ntb.no




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