Re: [xsl] I'm trying to get the last item in a group (but getting the first), xslt v2

Subject: Re: [xsl] I'm trying to get the last item in a group (but getting the first), xslt v2
From: Kevin Grover <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 13:52:29 -0500
Thanks.  I'll try it.

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> The following function returns the list of integers in the range 1 to
> 2nd argument that are missing from the first argument.
>
> <xsl:function name="my:missing">
>  <xsl:param name="numbers" as="xs:integer*"/>
>  <xsl:param name="max" as="xs:integer"/>
>  <xsl:choose>
>    <xsl:when test="$max = 0">
>      <xsl:value-of select="()"/>
>    </xsl:when>
>    <xsl:otherwise>
>      <xsl:value-of
>         select="(my:missing($numbers,$max - 1),
>            (if( index-of($numbers,$max) ) then () else $max))"/>
>    </xsl:otherwise>
>  </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:function>
>
> In your stylesheet you might call it like so:
>     <xsl:text>Missing from series: </xsl:text>
>     <xsl:value-of
>
select="my:missing(current-group()/series/@number,current-group()[last()]/ser
ies/@number)"/>
>
> Real numbers in the 1st argument won't matter since the function tests
> for integers only.
>
> -W
>
> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Kevin Grover <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Using XSLT 2, I'm trying to read through a list of books that I keep
>> in XML.  I want to get
>> the last book that I've read in each series.
>>
>> I tried to use XML groups and get the last() item, but it's not
>> working as I expected: it always comes up as the first book in the
>> series.
>>
>> What I'm a going wrong?
>>
>> As an aside, I eventually also want to look through the books for
>> missing books (starting with 1 and ignoring any series with a
>> non-integer number, like "3.5" -- which I use to represent a short
>> story that comes in the storyline at that point.)  NOTE: Since I could
>> not get the last number in the series, I have not even attempted this
>> in the XSLT file yet.
>>
>> I've included some sample files at the end of the text: text.xml (the
>> input) and toread.xsl (the XSLT).
>>
>> This is the command I'm using:
>>
>> java -jar saxon9he.jar -s test.xml -o toread.txt toread.xsl
>>
>> I've included the received output (toread.txt) and the expected output
>> (toread-expected.txt).
>>
>> Any pointers appreciated.   Thanks.
>>
>> Files (preceded by '***** FILENAME')
>>
>> ***** text.xml
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding='utf-8'?>
>> <?oxygen RNGSchema="schema/books.rnc" type="compact"?>
>> <booklist owner="Kevin Grover" cre-date="1991-01-05"
mod-date="2010-04-04">
>>
>> <author>
>>  <name file-as="Adams, Douglas">Douglas Adams</name>
>>
>>  <book>
>>    <title>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</title>
>>    <date>1980</date>
>>    <owner>KOG</owner>
>>    <date-read>1984</date-read>
>>    <date-read>1999-06</date-read>
>>    <genre>Comedy</genre>
>>    <genre>SciFi</genre>
>>    <type>book/paperback</type>
>>    <series title="Hitchhiker Series" number="1" />
>>    <comment>Funny!</comment>
>>  </book>
>>
>>  <book>
>>    <title>The Restaurant at the End of the Universe</title>
>>    <date>1980</date>
>>    <owner>KOG</owner>
>>    <date-read>1984</date-read>
>>    <genre>Comedy</genre>
>>    <genre>SciFi</genre>
>>    <series title="Hitchhiker Series" number="2" />
>>    <comment>Funny!</comment>
>>  </book>
>>
>>  <book>
>>    <title>Life, the Universe and Everything</title>
>>    <date>1982</date>
>>    <owner>KOG</owner>
>>    <date-read>1984</date-read>
>>    <genre>Comedy</genre>
>>    <genre>SciFi</genre>
>>    <series title="Hitchhiker Series" number="3" />
>>    <comment>Funny!</comment>
>>  </book>
>>
>>  <book>
>>    <title>So Long and Thanks for all the Fish</title>
>>    <date>1999</date>
>>    <owner>KOG</owner>
>>    <date-read>1999</date-read>
>>    <genre>Comedy</genre>
>>    <genre>SciFi</genre>
>>    <isbn>0-345-39183-7</isbn>
>>    <series title="Hitchhiker Series" number="4" />
>>  </book>
>>
>> </author>
>>
>> <author>
>>  <name file-as="Anderson, Kevin J.">Kevin J. Anderson</name>
>>  <book>
>>    <title>Identity Crisis</title>
>>    <date>2000</date>
>>    <owner>FWS</owner>
>>    <date-read>2002-03</date-read>
>>    <genre>SciFi</genre>
>>    <comment>Good.  Downloaded from Fictionwise.com</comment>
>>  </book>
>>
>>  <book>
>>    <title>Hopscotch</title>
>>    <date>2003</date>
>>    <owner>GET</owner>
>>    <genre>SciFi</genre>
>>    <comment>Elaboration of 'Identity Crisis' theme: personality
>> transference.</comment>
>>  </book>
>>
>> </author>
>>
>> <author>
>>  <name file-as="Anthony, Piers">Piers Anthony</name>
>>
>>  <book>
>>    <title>The Source of Magic</title>
>>    <date>1979</date>
>>    <owner>KOG</owner>
>>    <date-read>1988</date-read>
>>    <genre>Fantasy</genre>
>>    <type>book/paperback</type>
>>    <series title="The Magic of Xanth" number="2" />
>>  </book>
>>
>>  <book>
>>    <title>Castle Roogna</title>
>>    <date>1979</date>
>>    <owner>KOG</owner>
>>    <date-read>1988</date-read>
>>    <genre>Fantasy</genre>
>>    <type>book/paperback</type>
>>    <series title="The Magic of Xanth" number="3" />
>>  </book>
>>
>>  <book>
>>    <title>Ogre, Ogre</title>
>>    <date>1982</date>
>>    <owner>KOG</owner>
>>    <date-read>1988</date-read>
>>    <genre>Fantasy</genre>
>>    <type>book/paperback</type>
>>    <series title="The Magic of Xanth" number="5" />
>>  </book>
>>
>>  <book>
>>    <title>Night Mare</title>
>>    <date>1982</date>
>>    <owner>KOG</owner>
>>    <date-read>1988</date-read>
>>    <genre>Fantasy</genre>
>>    <type>book/paperback</type>
>>    <series title="The Magic of Xanth" number="6" />
>>  </book>
>>
>> </author>
>>
>> </booklist>
>>
>> <!--
>> Local Variables:
>> mode: nxml
>> mode: auto-fill
>> mode: flyspell
>> End:
>> -->
>>
>> ***** toread.xsl
>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>>
>> <!-- from article: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/11/05/tr.html -->
>>
>> <xsl:stylesheet
>>   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>>   version="2.0">
>>
>>  <xsl:output method="text"/>
>>
>>  <!-- ********************************************* -->
>>
>>  <xsl:template match="/">
>>    <xsl:text>Last books read in each series.
>>
>> </xsl:text>
>>    <!-- TODO: Add date(file), date(current), vcsversion, ..? -->
>>    <xsl:apply-templates select="/booklist/author"/>
>>  </xsl:template>
>>
>>  <!-- ********************************************* -->
>>
>>  <xsl:template match="author">
>>     <xsl:for-each-group
>>        select="book[series and date-read]"
>>        group-by="series/@title">
>>      <xsl:text>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> </xsl:text>
>>      <xsl:text>Series: </xsl:text>
>>      <xsl:value-of select="current-grouping-key()"/>
>>      <xsl:text>; Author: </xsl:text>
>>      <xsl:value-of select="../name/text()"/>
>>      <xsl:text>
>> </xsl:text>
>>      <!-- Last book in series -->
>>      <!-- TODO: this is incorrect, it's the first book in the series -->
>>      <xsl:text>Last Book Read: </xsl:text>
>>      <xsl:value-of select=".[last()]/title"/>
>>      <xsl:text>, #</xsl:text>
>>      <!-- Number in series -->
>>      <!-- TODO: This is incorrect, it always 1 -->
>>      <xsl:value-of select=".[last()]/series/@number"/>
>>      <!-- TODO: if there are missing books in the series, put them here.
>>                 e.g. if I read 3-6 then last read is 6 and missing are
>>                 1 and 2 -->
>>      <xsl:text>
>> </xsl:text>
>>    </xsl:for-each-group>
>>  </xsl:template>
>>
>> </xsl:stylesheet>
>>
>> ***** toread.txt
>> Last books read in each series.
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Series: Hitchhiker Series; Author: Douglas Adams
>> Last Book Read: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Series: The Magic of Xanth; Author: Piers Anthony
>> Last Book Read: A Spell for Chameleon, #1
>>
>> ***** toread-expected.txt
>> Last books read in each series.
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Series: Hitchhiker Series; Author: Douglas Adams
>> Last Book Read: So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, #4
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Series: The Magic of Xanth; Author: Piers Anthony
>> Last Book Read: Night Mare, #6
>>
>> Missing: #1, #4

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