Subject: Re: [xsl] Counting nodes processed From: "cutlass" <cutlass@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 15:38:19 -0000 |
Hello Jay, ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAY SCHERER" <jay.scherer@xxxxxxxxxx> > I've got a need to limit the amount of ouput generated in a translation. Assume the following xml > > <category value="category1"> > <topic value="topic1"/> > <topic value="topic2"/> > <topic value="topic3"/> > </category> > <category value="category2"> > <topic value="topic1"/> > <topic value="topic2"/> > <topic value="topic3"/> > </category> > > How would I limit my total number of topics output to say 4 topics? This is straight forward in code, but not sure how to do it xsl? Basically the output would be topic1,2 and 3 from category1 and topic 1 from category 2 > i've done an example in a procedural style to be clear for you, this is just one way of doing this xml ---------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" ?> <root> <category value="category1"> <topic value="topic1"/> <topic value="topic2"/> <topic value="topic3"/> </category> <category value="category2"> <topic value="cattopic1"/> <topic value="cattopic2"/> <topic value="cattopic3"/> </category> </root> xsl --------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:for-each select="//topic"> <xsl:if test="position() < 4"> <xsl:value-of select="@value"/> </xsl:if> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> cheers, jim fuller > Thanks, > Jay > > Jay Scherer > 901 Explorer Blvd > Huntsville, AL 35806 > (256)963-8130 > Sun Certified Developer For The Java Platform > Sun Certified Programmer For The Java Platform > Oracle Certified Application Developer > > > 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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