Re: [xsl] Find several different attribute values on many elements

["G. Ken Holman g.ken.holman@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, the error is apt because distinct-values() returns strings. I'm 
assuming this is because you don't want to process elements of 
duplicate string value.

If you use <xsl:for-each-group group-by="." select="........"> then 
you will have control at the first element of each value and so your 
context will allow the <xsl:apply-templates/>

I hope this helps.

. . . . . Ken

At 2024-02-08 22:12 +0000, dvint@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm trying to process a collection of documents and extract the 
> distinct-values for several attributes. My first attempt was this 
> which is very slow
>
>         <xsl:variable name="ditacollectionString"
>                 select="concat($srcPath, '?select=*.dita')"/>
>
>         <xsl:variable name="xmlcollectionString"
>                 select="concat($srcPath, '?select=*.xml')"/>
>
>                 <xsl:for-each
>
> select="distinct-values(collection($ditacollectionString)//*/@audience)" >
>                         <xsl:value-of select="concat(., ' ')"/>
>                 </xsl:for-each>
>                 <xsl:for-each
>
> select="distinct-values(collection($ditacollectionString)//*/@platform)" >
>                         <xsl:value-of select="concat(., ' ')"/>
>                 </xsl:for-each>
>                 <xsl:for-each
>
> select="distinct-values(collection($ditacollectionString)//*/@props)" >
>                         <xsl:value-of select="concat(., ' ')"/>
>                 </xsl:for-each>
>
> I'm looking for a way to just make a single for-each loop and tried this
>
>                         <xsl:for-each
>
> select="distinct-values(collection($ditacollectionString)//element())" >
>                                 <xsl:apply-templates mode="conditions"/>
>
>                         </xsl:for-each>
>
>         <xsl:template match="@product | @audience " mode="conditions">
>                 <xsl:value-of select="concat(., ' ')"/>
>         </xsl:template>
>
> But I get an error on the <xsl:apply-templates mode="conditions"/> indicating
> The required item type of the context item is node(), but the 
> supplied expression {.} has item type xs:anyAtomicType.
>
> I also need to do this with both .dita and .xml files and I'm 
> planning on making 2 collections, is there a way to do one collection()?


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