Rick,
Try this. Since this is a lookup problem keys make it easy.
Terry
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/math";
exclude-result-prefixes="xs math"
version="2.0">
<xsl:key name="lookup" match="term" use="."/>
<xsl:variable name="root" select="/"/>
<xsl:template match="/root">
<xsl:result-document href="term-def-output.xml">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:for-each select="tokenize(terms , ',')">
<xsl:value-of select="key('lookup' , normalize-space(.) ,
$root)/following-sibling::def[1]"/>
<xsl:if test="position() != last()">
<xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:result-document>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 3:36 PM, "Ihe Onwuka
ihe(_dot_)onwuka(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com"
<xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
<xsl:template match="root">
<root>
<defs>
<xsl:apply-templates select="lookup/def"/>
</defs>
</root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="def[following-sibling::def]">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Rick Quatro rick(_at_)rickquatro(_dot_)com
<xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
Hi,
I have a comma-separated list of "terms". I want to loop through each term
and end up with a comma-separated list of definitions. I am using XSLT 1.0.
Here is my xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<terms>A, B, C, D, E</terms>
<lookup>
<term>A</term>
<def>Def for A</def>
<term>B</term>
<def>Def for B</def>
<term>C</term>
<def>Def for C</def>
<term>D</term>
<def>Def for D</def>
<term>E</term>
<def>Def for E</def>
</lookup>
</root>
The xml file has a built-in "lookup table" and here is the desired output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<defs>Def for A, Def for B, Def for C, Def for D, Def for E</defs>
</root>
Here is my stylesheet:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="lookup"/>
<xsl:template match="terms">
<root>
<defs>
<xsl:call-template name="get-defs">
<xsl:with-param name="list" select="."/>
</xsl:call-template>
</defs>
</root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="get-defs">
<xsl:param name="list"/>
<xsl:variable name="wlist"
select="concat(normalize-space(translate($list,',',' ')),' ')"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$wlist!=' '">
<xsl:variable name="first" select="substring-before($wlist,'
')"/>
<xsl:variable name="rest" select="substring-after($wlist,'
')"/>
<xsl:variable name="total">
<xsl:call-template name="get-defs">
<xsl:with-param name="list" select="$rest"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="def">
<xsl:call-template name="get-def">
<xsl:with-param name="term" select="$first"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:message><xsl:value-of select="$def"/></xsl:message>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$total=''">
<xsl:value-of select="$def"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="concat($def,', ',$total)"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="get-def">
<xsl:param name="term"/>
<xsl:value-of select="//def[preceding-sibling::term=$term]"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
This works, but I have a couple of curiosities that I am trying to work
through. If I change one of the terms so that the "get-def" template doesn't
match (for example, "B" to "BB"), I get this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<defs>Def for A, , Def for C, Def for D, Def for E</defs>
</root>
I thought I could use an <xsl:if test="$def!=''"> right before the last
<xsl:choose> statement, but when I do, I only get this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<defs>Def for A</defs>
</root>
Once there is no match on "B" it short-circuits the rest of the list. Any
help or guidance would be appreciated. Thanks.
Rick Quatro
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-366-4017
rick(_at_)frameexpert(_dot_)com
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