RE: [xsl] Building html table from atributes

["Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First an XSLT 2.0 solution:

<xsl:variable name="doc" select="/XDocument"/>
<xsl:for-each select="1 to max($doc/XDocCell/@col)">
  <xsl:variable name="col" select="position()"/>
  <tr>
  <xsl:for-each select="1 to max($doc/XDocCell/@row)">
    <xsl:variable name="row" select="position()"/>
    <td><xsl:value-of select="$doc/XDocCell[@row=$row and
@col=$col]"/></td>
  </xsl:for-each>
  </tr>
</xsl:for-each>

The XSLT 1.0 solution has the same structure, except you need to be a
bit more inventive.

To iterate a fixed number of times, use the approach:
<xsl:for-each select="(//node())[position() &lt;= $n]">

To find the maximum row/column, you can use the standard ways of getting
max/min (see the FAQ).

Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Jarkko.Moilanen@xxxxxx
> Sent: 08 August 2002 13:38
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> Subject: [xsl] Building html table from atributes
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have been given a challenge and I have no idea how to start 
> solving it. I should build html table from xml file using 
> xslt. The xml file would be similar to below: 
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="yes" ?> 
> <XDocument>
> <XDocTemplate>111111aaaaaaa</XDocTemplate> 
> 
> <XDocCell row="1" col="1">
> <XDocPretext>Text</XDocPretext> 
> </XDocCell>
> 
> <XDocCell row="1" col="2">
> <XDocPretext>Text</XDocPretext> 
> </XDocCell>
> 
> <XDocCell row="1" col="3">
> <XDocPretext>Text</XDocPretext> 
> </XDocCell>
> 
> <XDocCell row="1" col="4">
> <XDocPretext>Text</XDocPretext> 
> </XDocCell>
> 
> <XDocCell row="2" col="1">
> <XDocPretext>Text</XDocPretext> 
> </XDocCell>
> 
> <XDocCell row="2" col="2">
> <XDocPretext>Text</XDocPretext> 
> </XDocCell>
> </XDocument>
> 
> Now I should place the <XDocPretext> contents to different 
> cell in the table. The correct cell is indicated in the 
> <XDocCell> attributes row and 
> col. The table should always have four cell in a row, even if there 
> is no content (eg. element for that cell in the xml file).
> 
> Please give me some hints how to start working with this.
> 
> Cheers 
> Jarkko
> 
> 
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