RE: [xsl] Selecting "distinct" elements

["Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi
> I want to select one of each element with a certain attribute 
> value and loop over these elements in a for-each (or possibly 
> apply-templates). Is this possible with a single select 
> statement or do I have to make a more cumbersome solution? If 
> possible, how would a statement solving the problem look like?

Read all about grouping at http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/grouping

Michael Kay


> 
> Instance document:
> <root>
>  <element value="a"/>
>  <element value="b"/>
>  <element value="a"/>
>  <element value="c"/>
>  <element value="b"/>
>  <element value="d"/>
>  <element value="b"/>
> </root>
> 
> XSLT Template:
> <xsl:template match="root">
>  <xsl:for-each select="[insert your favourite statement here]">
>   <anotherElt value="{@value}"/>
>  </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> Resulting document:
> <root>
>  <anotherElt value="a"/>
>  <anotherElt value="b"/>
>  <anotherElt value="c"/>
>  <anotherElt value="d"/> 
> </root>
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> /Marcus
> 
> 
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