Re: empty lines

[Chris Maden <crism@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

[Jean-Philippe Theberge]
> I'm converting a xml file to another xml DTD
> (actually weatherlabs.dtd -> wddxPacket.dtd)
>  
> The input file is a very long list of <GEOREFERENCE> elements 
> but only one of it is to be in the output file.
> 
> To select the required one I use:
> 
> (element GEOREFERENCE
>   (if (equal? (attribute-string "WMO") "71627")
>       (process-children)
>       (empty-sosofo)))
> 
> The problem is that the resulting output file is 2000 lines long
> (with the relevant code somewhere in the middle)
> 
> It seem that (empty-sosofo) is outputing a newline.

No... the newlines in the input file are generating newlines.

Try

(root
 (process-node-list
  (node-list-filter
   (lambda (snl)
     (match-element? '("GEOREFERENCE" '("WMO" "71627"))
		     snl))
   (descendants (current-node)))))

-Chris
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