Re: [xsl] Indent based on position()

Subject: Re: [xsl] Indent based on position()
From: "Brook Elgie" <brook.elgie@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:17:21 +0100
Much thanx for a complete and thorough answer all!

brook

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Allen Evans" <kaevans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] Indent based on position()


> Thanks, I was aware of that.  Sorry it was not explicitly stated as a
> limitation.
>
> Kirk Allen Evans
> kaevans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "XML and ASP.NET", New Riders Publishing
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Faron" <gfaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [xsl] Indent based on position()
>
>
> > At 09:10 AM 4/11/2002, you wrote:
> > ><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> > >xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> > ><xsl:output method="text"/>
> > ><xsl:template match="/">
> > >  <xsl:apply-templates select="content/line"/>
> > ></xsl:template>
> > ><xsl:template match="line">
> > >  <!-- Concatenate with a bunch of dashes -->
> > >  <xsl:variable name="dashes" select="'---------------------'"/>
> > >  <!-- Take the number of dashes corresponding to the line's position
> > > number -->
> > >  <xsl:value-of select="substring($dashes,1,position())"/>
> > >  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > >  <!-- Carriage-return-->
> > >  <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
> > ></xsl:template>
> > >
> > ></xsl:stylesheet>
> >
> >    Not commenting on the efficiency of this algorithm, the above will
only
> > work for a limited number of indentations (21 in this case).  If you're
> > going to use this method, you'll need to conditionally grow the string
as
> > in Jeni's str:padding template, located at
> > <http://www.exslt.org/str/functions/padding/str.padding.template.xsl>.
> >
> >
> >
> > Greg Faron
> > Integre Technical Publishing Co.
> >
> >
> >
> >  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> >
> >
>
>
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