RE: [xsl] Predicates question

Subject: RE: [xsl] Predicates question
From: Roelof Wobben <rwobben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:25:06 +0000
I know logical expressions but I had no clue how to combine them.

So thanks for showing me how to combine them in xslt.



Roelof











---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:11:58
+0100 > From: wolfgang.laun@xxxxxxxxx > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
Subject: Re: [xsl] Predicates question > > An XPath expression may contain
predicates that filter the set of > nodes returned by that XPath. Now, a
filter for "book" is written as a > bracketed expression > >
select="/bookstore/book[ ...predicate expression goes here... ]" > > Within
the brackets, you are in a certain context: the one established > by the XPath
expression up to the opening '['. And filtering > predicates should deal with
book elements, referring to their position > within the store, or by
investigating book elements such as title or > price. > > If you want a
combination of restrictions of book positions, you'll > have to write a more
complex predicate (= logical expression). If you > are familiar with logical
expressions in any programming language it > shouldn't come as a surprise that
you can combine any term with > another using the logical operators "and" and
"or". > > select="/bookstore/book[position() > 1 and position() < 3 ]" > >
Common sense would make you think that filters can be applied one > after the
other as well. So you should try > > select="/bookstore/book[position() >
1][position() < 3 ]" > > If the result surprises you, ask yourself: what
passes through the > first filter? > > Also, try > >
select="/bookstore/book[position() > 1][position() < 3 ]" > > > A term such as
> /bookstore[position() > 1 ] > doesn*t make sense at all. Since /bookstore is
the one and only root > element, there won't be another one at any position
greater than one. > > -W > > > On 17 December 2011 17:08, Roelof Wobben wrote:
> > > > I found that already. > > > > Im now trying to solve this one : > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But I see now this message : > > > > > > >
> Invalid XPath expression > > Unexpected end of statement > >
select="/bookstore/book[position() < 5 and /bookstore[position() > 1 ]" > > >
> > > > > So i try to find the books between the 1 and 5 position of the list.
> > > > > > > > Roelof > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:24:14
-0500 > From: voldrani@xxxxxxxxx > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
Subject: Re: [xsl] Predicates question > > You have a couple of other syntax
errors, too. You forgot to close > your "". Try this: > >
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";> method="xml" version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/> > select="/bookstore/book[position()<3]" /> >
> > select="title"/> > > > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Wolfgang Laun
wrote: > > > > A basic requirement for writing XML (and XSLT is XML) is to
represent > > all '<' that are part of the data (element or attribute or
other) as > > < > > > > Another characters in the same category is '&', which
must be written > > as &. when it is a data character (and not part of a
character > > reference that begins with '&'). > > > > (You may also find '>'
written as >.) > > > > There's also a construct known as CDATA section, which
is a general > > "escape" mechanism for element data. See /bookstore/book[2]
for > > details ;-) > > > > -W > > > > On 17 December 2011 14:39, Roelof
Wobben wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have this small xml file : > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Harry Potter > > > 29.99 > > > > > > > > > > > >
Learning XML > > > 39.95 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And now I
want to show only a few books. > > > > > > According to this page :
http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/xpath_syntax.asp I can use this xslt : > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > >
> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > But if I try this on
xmlspy I get this message : > > > > > > > > > > > > Character '<' is
grammatically unexpected > > > Reason: one of the following is expected (see
below) > > > '"' > > > '&' > > > '&#' > > > '&#x' > > > [^<&"] > > > Details >
> > XML production: Production 'AttValue' not satisfied > > > > > > > > > > >
> What part did I misunderstood. > > > > > > > > > > > > Roelof > > > > > > >

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