RE: [xsl] alphabetical listing

["Ragulf Pickaxe" <jawxml@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nicolas,

Could you not place the letters in a separate file too?

<letters>
 <letter>a</letter>
 <letter>b</letter>
 <letter>c</letter>
 <letter>d</letter>
 ...
</letters>

Then access it in the document using the document() function?

The code could the look like the following:

<xsl:for-each select="$letters-in-external-file/letter"> <!-- Loops through 
letters -->
 <xsl:for-each select="item[starts-with(name,.)]">  <!-- Loops through 
items with specific letter -->
   <!-- Your code here -->
 </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>

Hope this is usable.

Regards,
Ragulf Pickaxe :)

> From: Nicolas Pillot <nicolas.pillot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] alphabetical listing
> Date: Tue,  8 Jun 2004 22:36:25 -0400
>
>
> Hello !
>
> I am looking for a way to list all occurences of a given element in a 
> separate
> file given the first or first two letters. I want that because i need a 
> listing,
> and have a lot of items.
>
> What i do for now is doing a for-each select="item[starts-with(name,'a')]" 
> ...
> with a through z, A through Z and a cumbersome last for-each with many 'and 
> not
> starts-with' which is ugly. And slow.
>
> There MUST be another, more efficient, more elegant, cleaner way of doing 
> that !
> But sadly i can't seem to find the idea how... If you have any idea, feel 
> free
> to help !
>
> Nicolas
>
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