Subject: RE: [xsl] Counting nodes processed From: JAY SCHERER <jay.scherer@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:09:55 -0600 |
excellent... now if you can just tell me how I get the category of the topic. output would need to be something like Category1 topic1 topic2 topic3 topic4 Category2 topic1 topic2 Do you see where I'm going with this? Thanks for the help. Jay -----Original Message----- From: cutlass [mailto:cutlass@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 9:38 AM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [xsl] Counting nodes processed Hello Jay, ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAY SCHERER" <jay.scherer@xxxxxxxxxx> > I've got a need to limit the amount of ouput generated in a translation. Assume the following xml > > <category value="category1"> > <topic value="topic1"/> > <topic value="topic2"/> > <topic value="topic3"/> > </category> > <category value="category2"> > <topic value="topic1"/> > <topic value="topic2"/> > <topic value="topic3"/> > </category> > > How would I limit my total number of topics output to say 4 topics? This is straight forward in code, but not sure how to do it xsl? Basically the output would be topic1,2 and 3 from category1 and topic 1 from category 2 > i've done an example in a procedural style to be clear for you, this is just one way of doing this xml ---------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" ?> <root> <category value="category1"> <topic value="topic1"/> <topic value="topic2"/> <topic value="topic3"/> </category> <category value="category2"> <topic value="cattopic1"/> <topic value="cattopic2"/> <topic value="cattopic3"/> </category> </root> xsl --------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:for-each select="//topic"> <xsl:if test="position() < 4"> <xsl:value-of select="@value"/> </xsl:if> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> cheers, jim fuller > Thanks, > Jay > > Jay Scherer > 901 Explorer Blvd > Huntsville, AL 35806 > (256)963-8130 > Sun Certified Developer For The Java Platform > Sun Certified Programmer For The Java Platform > Oracle Certified Application Developer > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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