Re: [xsl] Grouping: maximum of n groups

[Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This sounds to me like a candidate for sibling recursion, i.e. avoid the 
grouping constructs entirely, and process the sequence using a head/tail 
recursive function (or apply-templates along the following-sibling axis).

Michael Kay
Saxonica

On 14/09/2012 14:15, Norbert Heidbrink wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> is there a way to limit the number of groups that are constructed by
> <xsl:for-each-group>?
>
>
> XML:
> <line>
> v <tab /> w <tab /> x <tab /> y <tab/> z
> <line>
>
> (v, w, x, y, z being mixed data)
>
>
> In the example above,
> <xsl:for-each-group select="node()" group-ending-with="tab">
> will find 5 groups.
>
> Let's say I want no more than 3 groups, where the third group contains
> "all the rest":
> (1) v <tab />
> (2) w <tab />
> (3) x <tab /> y <tab/> z
>
> To be more precise:
> Groups 1 and 2 shall be processed on their own,
> Groups 3 and all following groups shall go together in further
> processing.
>
>
>
> Thanks for your answers,
> Norbert