Re: [xsl] Struggling with tables

[Jeni Tennison <jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Vic,

> <xsl:for-each select="item[position() mod 5 = 1]">
> <tr>
>   <xsl:apply-templates
>      select=".|following-sibling::item[position() < 5]"/>
> </tr>
> <xsl:for-each>
>
> My problem is the xml I've been given. The elements at this level
> all have different names, so how can I rephrase the above loop to
> work with this xml? Something like <xsl:apply-templates
> select=".|following-sibling::A1 or A2 or A3 or A4 (etc)[position() <
> 5]"/>

You *could* specify each of the names as follows:

  . | following-sibling::*[self::A1 or self::A2 or self::A3 ...]
        [position() < 5]

but probably you don't need to test the names at all; just use:

  . | following-sibling::*[position() < 5]

(Note that you have to escape the < to &lt; when you use this
expression within the XSLT.)

Cheers,

Jeni

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