Re: [xsl] Newbie Q - transformation

["John Smith" <debrief@xxxxxxxxx>]

thanks for all the replies. The sample solution does somewhat I wanted
but I think I need to read up more on xslt for my overall solution.

Thanks,
John


On 8/26/07, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > how can I transform this:
> >
> > <a/>
> > <plus/>
> > <b/>
> >
> > to this:
> > <plus>
> > <a/>
> > <b/>
> > </plus>
>
> To give you a sensible answer, one has to extrapolate from this example to
> ask what other possible inputs you might encounter and how you would want to
> handle them. For example, would you want to transform
>
> <a/><plus/><b/><times/><c/>
>
> into
>
> <plus><a/><times><b/><c/></times></plus>
>
> If that's the case, then your problem is basically equivalent to that of
> writing a recursive descent parser.
>
> So I think we need a more complete spec of the problem.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/