RE: [xsl] XSL: Build a dynamic HTML Select from a single Quantity value

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<xsl:for-each select="1 to Quantity">
  <option value="{.}"><xsl:value-of select="."/></Option>
</xsl:for-each>

This is XSLT 2.0 only.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jimmy D [mailto:webnet02@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 August 2008 16:56
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] XSL: Build a dynamic HTML Select from a single
> Quantity value
>
> Hi,
>  
> I've searched the web and archives for the specifics on this
> process but haven't found a good match for what I am trying
> to accomplish. 
>  
> I have the following XML from a third party source I pull
> from the web to populate a web page on my site:
>  
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
> <Products>
>        <Data Count="2">
>            <Item>
>                <Product>Widget 1</Product>
>                <Quantity>3</Quantity>
>                <Price>10</Price>
>            </Item>
>            <Item>
>                <Product>Widget 2</Product>
>                <Quantity>2</Quantity>
>                <Price>15</Price>
>            </Item>
>        </Data>
> </Products>
>  
> In my style sheet I need to build a HTML drop-down with
> sequential option values equal to the number in <Quantity>
> like so.. Widget 1 <select name="Quantity">
>     <option value="1">1</option>
>     <option value="2">2</option>
>     <option value="3">3</option>
> </select>
>  
> Widget 2
> <select name="Quantity">
>     <option value="1">1</option>
>     <option value="2">2</option>
> </select>
> I am somewhat new to writing style sheets but I am
> experienced in ASP / VBscript where I would handle this with
> a For / Next like:
> <select name="Quantity">
>    <% For count = 1 to Quantity
>             response.write("<option value='" & count & "'>" &
> count & "</option>")
>          Next %> </select>
>  
> However, I haven't figured out how to do this in my style
> sheet.  My XSL looks something like this at the moment:
>  
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <xsl:stylesheet
> version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
>  <xsl:template match="/">
>    <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="Products/Data/Item">
>         <table>
>         <xsl:for-each select="Products/Data/Item">
>             <tr>
>                 <td>
>                 <xsl:value-of select="Product" />
>                 </td>
>                 <td>
>                 <xsl:value-of select="Price" />
>                 </td>
>                 <td>Select the number you want to order:
>                     <select name="Quantity">
>                         <!-- Where I'm Stuck -->
>                     </select>
>                 </td>
>               </tr>
>         </xsl:for-each>
>         </table>
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise>
>     </xsl:otherwise>
>    </xsl:choose>
>  </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> Thanks for your assistance!
> Jim