Re: [xsl] repeatedly calling a template triggered by data within a parameter

[Mark Wilson <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Michael!

On 28/02/2013 02:21, Michael Kay wrote:
> Something like
>
> <xsl:for-each select="1 to string-length($alphabet)">
>   <xsl:call-template name="keyboard">
>     <xsl:with-param name="letter" select="substring($alphabet, ., 1)"/>
>
> perhaps?
>
> Or if you want groups of six, something along the lines of
>
> <xsl:for-each select="0 to ceiling(string-length($alphabet) div 6)">
>   <xsl:call-template name="keyboard">
>     <xsl:with-param name="letter" select="substring($alphabet, .+1, 6)"/>
>
> You'll have to sort out the boundary conditions for yourself.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
> On 28/02/2013 05:07, Mark Wilson wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I want to write a template that would, for each letter in some 
> > specified alphabet, call the following template to create a cell for 
> > an HTML table in the output document. Is there a way to set up 
> > something that would select each letter from an alphabet stored in a 
> > stylesheet parameter and call the 'keyboard' template? Since various 
> > alphabets have differing lengths and content, I was thinking of 
> > perhaps a string as the parameter. It would be very helpful to be 
> > able to trigger the template in groups of six to accommodate the <tr> 
> > elements.
> >
> > I looked at XPath 'for' but could not see a means of triggering the 
> > 'keyboard' template.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
> > <xsl:template name="keyboard">
> >         <xsl:param name="letter"/>
> >         <xsl:param name="this-page-name"/>
> >         <xsl:choose>
> >             <xsl:when test="not($this-page-name eq $letter)">
> >                 <xsl:variable name="file-name" 
> > select="concat(lower-case($letter),'.htm')"/>
> >                 <td>
> >                     <a href="{$file-name}">
> >                         <xsl:value-of select="$letter"/>
> >                     </a>
> >                 </td>
> >             </xsl:when>
> >             <xsl:otherwise>
> >                 <td class="current">
> >                     <xsl:value-of select="$letter"/>
> >                 </td>
> >             </xsl:otherwise>
> >         </xsl:choose>
> >     </xsl:template>

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Mark Wilson
Knihtisk Publishing