Re: [xsl] avoiding duplicate

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2002-09-03 16:13 -0700, Charles Ohana wrote:
> I have the following xml. and I need to get all the child/@name sorted and
> without duplication.
> </root>
>    <child name="joe" />
>    <child name="chris" />
>    <child name="chuck" />
>    <child name="alex" />
>    <child name="chris" />
>    <child name="joe" />
> </root>
>
> I need the following output "alex, chris, chuck, joe" .
>
> any idea ?

Uniqueness is the critical aspect of "the grouping problem" documented here:

  http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/grouping

................... Ken


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