Subject: [xsl] Re: Select All Except First and Last From: Nathan Tallman <ntallman@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 16:49:10 -0500 |
Thank you, all, for the help. Nathan On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Nathan Tallman <ntallman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This should be an easy one, but I can't figure it out. How do I select > all but the first and last matching nodes? > > XML input: > <physdesc> > <extent>285.42 linear feet</extent> > <extent>227.5 record cartons</extent> > <extent>2.5 Hollinger boxes</extent> > </physdesc> > > HTML output: > 285.42 linear feet (227.5 record cartons, 2.5 Hollinger boxes) > > The input will vary, with different people encoding. I'd like to > select all but the first and last extent. While this time, that's only > one node at extent[2], there may be 8 or more extents. This is all > because a I want to format a list and insert commas. (Although the > second-to-end values will be wrapped in parenthesis.) > > I'm using XSLT 2.0 and Saxon EE 9.4; I thought (and hoped) that the > below would work, alas it's not. > <xsl:for-each select="extent[not(extent[1])]"> > <xsl:value-of select="." separator=", "/> > </xsl:for-each> > > Any help is appreciated. > > Nathan
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