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Re: [xsl] Split table row on paragraphs

2018-10-30 12:53:05
Dear Martin,

Thanks for the prompt reply and solution!

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Kevin

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From: Martin Honnen martin(_dot_)honnen(_at_)gmx(_dot_)de
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Sent: 30 October 2018 17:09
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Subject: Re: [xsl] Split table row on paragraphs

On 30.10.2018 17:46, kevinbrianbird(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com wrote:

I have tables with arbitrary columns and each cell can have an 
arbitrary number of paragraphs. I want to split rows on paragraphs, so 
each row only contains one <p> element.

Simplified input:

<table>

     <tr>

         <td>

             <p>Para 1</p>

         </td>

         <td>

             <p>Para 1</p>

             <p>Para 2</p>

             <p>Para 3</p>

         </td>

         <td>

             <p>Para 1</p>

             <p>Para 2</p>

         </td>

     </tr>

</table>

Desired output:

<table>

     <tr>

         <td>

             <p>Para 1</p>

         </td>

         <td>

             <p>Para 1</p>

         </td>

         <td>

             <p>Para 1</p>

         </td>

     </tr>

     <tr>

         <td>

         </td>

         <td>

             <p>Para 2</p>

         </td>

         <td>

             <p>Para 2</p>

         </td>

     </tr>

     <tr>

         <td>

         </td>

         <td>

             <p>Para 3</p>

         </td>

         <td>

         </td>

     </tr>

</table>

I am after suggestions as to the best way of tackling such a problem.

Assuming at least XSLT 2 and that the "td" elements only "p" elements I
think you can simply process each "tr" element
   1 to max(td/count(p))
times with e.g.

   <xsl:template match="tr">
       <xsl:variable name="this-row" select="."/>
       <xsl:for-each select="1 to max(td/count(p))">
           <tr>
               <xsl:apply-templates select="$this-row/*">
                   <xsl:with-param name="pos" select="."/>
               </xsl:apply-templates>
           </tr>
       </xsl:for-each>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="td">
       <xsl:param name="pos"/>
       <xsl:copy>
           <xsl:apply-templates select="p[$pos]"/>
       </xsl:copy>
   </xsl:template>


Online sample using XSLT 3 (but only for setting up the identity
transformation with xsl:mode) is at
https://xsltfiddle.liberty-development.net/6qVRKx7.
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