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Re: Identifying two tags that share some attribute names and values
- From: Zack Brown <zbrown at tumblerings dot org>
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- Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 14:00:20 -0700
- Subject: Re: [xsl] Identifying two tags that share some attribute names and values
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On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 09:18:45PM +0200, Joerg Heinicke wrote:
> Hello Zack,
>
> I have a solution, but I don't know whether it's the optimum.
That was fast!
> I didn't
> get it with one expression and need the step with $test:
>
> <xsl:variable name="file1" select="/"/>
> <xsl:variable name="file2" select="document('2.xml')/outsidedata"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <xsl:apply-templates select="$file2/b"/>
That's a problem, because 2.xml may contain thousands of entries, and I
don't want to process each one. I just want to process the <a> from 1.xml
and find any corresponding <b> in 2.xml.
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="b">
> <xsl:variable name="test">
> <xsl:for-each select="@*">
> <xsl:if test="$file1/a/@*[name()=name(current())][. !=
> current()] or not($file1/a/@*[name()=name(current())])">
> <xsl:text>false</xsl:text>
> </xsl:if>
> </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:variable>
Nice hack! Even aside from the cool middle part, I like the idea of looping
within a variable creation, in order to include a specific result that can
be tested for later.
> <xsl:if test="not(contains($test, 'false'))">
> <xsl:text>[</xsl:text>
> <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> <xsl:text>]</xsl:text>
> </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
>
> I test on every attribute whether it is in <a> and has a different value
> or it does completely not exist. If it is so I add a false to the
> test-string. If no 'false' is contained in $test, the value of b will be
> copied to the output.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joerg
>
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Zack Brown
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