Re: [xsl] using name() to generate a tag dynamically in xsl output - STILL TRYING

[mark bordelon <markcbordelon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

1000 pardons. Your solution does work. I implemented it incorrectly at first.

Thank you!

Mark

--- On Fri, 2/26/10, mark bordelon <markcbordelon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: mark bordelon <markcbordelon@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [xsl] using name() to generate a tag dynamically in xsl output
- STILL TRYING
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 1:24 PM
> I was not clear. And I should have
> posted some xml, so here it is:
>
> <text>
> B B B <line id="1" s_len="2.8">
> B  B  B  <word id="1">Thou</word>
> B  B  B  <word id="2">still</word>
> B  B  B  <word
> id="3">unravish'd</word>
> B  B  B  <word id="4">bride</word>
> B  B  B  <word id="5">of</word>
> B  B  B  <word
> id="6">quietness</word>,
> B B B </line>
> B B B <clause id="2" s_len="2.4">
> B  B  B  <word id="7">The</word>
> B  B  B  <word
> id="8">quick</word>-
> B  B  B  <word id="9">brown</word>
> B  B  B  <word id="10">fox</word>
> B  B  B  <word
> id="11">jumped</word>
> B  B  B  <word id="12">over</word>
> B  B  B  <word id="13">lazy</word>
> B  B  B  <word id="14">dog</word>,
> B  B  </clause>
> </text>
>
> I want a the xpath which would work in a template match to
> get the parent node of <word>, no matter what it is,
> whose @s_len attribute is less than 2.5 seconds.
>
> The template will then compose an element for output, using
> the tagname of that parent of <word> which met that
> condition.
>
> This works:
> <xsl:template match="clause[@s_len&lt;2.5] |
> line[@s_len&lt;2.5]">
> <xsl:element name="{name()}">
> B B B  <xsl:attribute
> name="id"><xsl:value-of select="@id"
> /></xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
>
> But it presumes that I know that the parent of <word>
> is either a node named <clause> or <line>. I am
> trying to generalize even further and not make that
> assumption in the match condition.
>
> As I said, I cannot seem to use any axis or axis-like
> expression, so matches like the following give an error in
> Altova Spy:
> match="word/parent::*[@s_len&lt;2.5]"
> match="word/../*[@s_len&lt;2.5]"
>
> I have tried your suggestions and no node is returned, but
> I think I was not clear in what I needed.
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Christopher R. Maden <crism@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
> From: Christopher R. Maden <crism@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [xsl] using name() to generate a tag
> dynamically in xsl output - FOLLOW UP
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 11:50 AM
>
>
> mark bordelon wrote:
> > Experimenting with it lead me to a follow-up
> question.
> > Altova is complaining about any axis or axis-like
> syntax in my match
> > statement. I have also tried
> word/parent::**[@s_len&lt;0] and various
> > others. My idea is to get any node the parent of
> <word> with that
> > condition of its attribute.
>
> I was recently surprised to be reminded that match pattern
> steps are
> restricted in their syntax.B  Assuming that the
> double-asterisk was just
> a typo in your e-mail, try *[word and @s_len < 0]
> instead.
>
> ~Chris
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