Subject: RE: [xsl] Union of two node-sets not producing desired result (Resent due to outage) From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 14:38:23 +0100 |
As this question relates to a Xalan extension function, it may be best to raise it on the Xalan list rather than here. Mike Kay > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joel Beach > Sent: 17 September 2001 14:10 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] Union of two node-sets not producing desired result > (Resent due to outage) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joel Beach" <joelbeach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 1:02 AM > Subject: Union of two node-sets not producing desired result > (probable easy > question ;-)) > > > > Can anyone elighten me as to why the union of two sets > shown below (marked > > with ^^^^^) results in a node-set of only two elements? > > > > Both node sets are produced by the tokenize() extension > function.......one > > is a fixed string for now 'Multiple'. The other is a node > set generated > from > > a text node in an XML document.... > > The node sets generated by tokenize() seem to be fine, as I can use > > xsl:for-each to loop through the node-set and print all the > elements out. > It > > all looks good....The relevant fragment of the XML is shown below > > > > <Trial> > > <TrialName>Do Multiple Trials work</TrialName> > > </Trial> > > > > And the template contained in the XSL stylesheet is shown > below.....clearly > > the Union of > > { 'Do', 'Multiple', 'Trials', 'Work' } and { 'Multiple' } > should be give a > > count of 4, yet I get a count of 2, and the elements > contained in the > union > > are 'Do' and 'Multiple'. I feel stupid, but I can't find > the problem in my > > code, given that I'm pretty much a complete beginner at > XSL. On another > > note, what's the best way to case-insensitive unions? > Convert strings to > > upper case first? Is the best way to do this to use > translate and use > > variables which include all the characters in the alphabet? > > > > Thank, > > > > Joel > > > > <xsl:template match="Trial"> > > <xsl:variable name="trialNameWords" > > elect="xalan:tokenize( TrialName[text()], '- ' )"/> > > <xsl:variable name="trialSearchWords" > > elect="xalan:tokenize( 'Multiple', '- ' )"/> > > > > <xsl:if test="$trialSearchWords = $trialNameWords"> > > <xsl:text>We have a Match!!!!!</xsl:text> > > </xsl:if> > > <br/> > > > > <xsl:value-of select="count( $trialSearchWords | > $trialNameWords )"/> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > </xsl:template> > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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