Subject: Re: [xsl] Keys with duplicates should be simple From: Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:04:35 +0000 |
Dimitre, I will not change the way I post to the list. I am very satisfied with the contributions I get. Your initial contribution in this instance was particularly helpful. Thank you. On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ihe, > > Once again, I am trying to raise the problem of how a problem should > be presented in a non-ambiguous way. > > Probably this needs to be placed in the FAQs of the mailing list. > > > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Dimitre, >> >> Thank you for being the first to try out and affirm that the code gave >> the desired result. It led me to see that my real problem was in my >> interpretation of the data. >> >> Once again I'm grateful, really. >> >> Cheers. >> >> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> 1. There is no source XML document provided. >>> 2. It isn't clear if any/all "a" element(s) must be a child of a >>> "person" element. >>> 3. What is "key table" ? I haven't heard of such thing. >>> 4. No example of the wanted result (that should be produced when the >>> transformation is applied upon the specific provided source XML >>> document) is provided. >>> 5. The xsl:key declaration name "person" is confusing, because what is >>> matched is an "a" element -- not a "person" element >>> >>> This is obviously ambiguous and rather undefined. >>> >>> To prevent (wrong) guesses to 1 - 4 above, please enter a >>> well-defined, unambiguous question. >>> >>> Also, please, note that if the solution to a problem is unknown, it is >>> better *not* to provide any transformation code -- we know in advance >>> that this code doesn't solve the problem. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> <xsl:import href="identity.xsl"/> >>>> <xsl:key name="person" match="a" use="@href"/> >>>> >>>> <xsl:template match="person"> >>>> <duplicate> >>>> <xsl:apply-templates select="a[key('person',@href)[ >>>> 2]]"/> >>>> </duplicate> >>>> </xsl:template> >>>> >>>> If it's simple I should be able to describe it simply. Here goes. >>>> >>>> Copy all a elements that have more than one entry in the key table >>>> indexed by their value in the href attribute. >>>> >>>> or maybe better....... >>>> >>>> Create a key table using the href from each a element and copy all the >>>> entries that occur more than once in it. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> http://www.biglist.com/lists/lists.mulberrytech.com/xsl-list/archives/201211/msg00170.html >>>>>> >>>>>> OP is using XSLT 2. OP only wants to find what things have duplicates. >>>>>> Thats not a grouping problem, it's a problem that a certain variant of >>>>>> for-each-group happens to solve but it's not the simplest way of >>>>>> solving it. >>>>> >>>>> "Things that have duplicates" is exactly what we shouldn't be seeing >>>>> here -- to ambiguous (things, duplicates). >>>>> >>>>> And "simple" is also very subjective. Do you mean "short", or what? >>>>> Does "simple" also mean efficient? Or should efficiency be of lower >>>>> priority? >>>>> >>>>> As for "Things that have duplicates" -- see this -- just XPath 2 -- >>>>> not even XSLT: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/a/287360/36305 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Dimitre Novatchev >>>>> --------------------------------------- >>>>> Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. >>>>> --------------------------------------- >>>>> To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk >>>>> ------------------------------------- >>>>> Never fight an inanimate object >>>>> ------------------------------------- >>>>> To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the >>>>> biggest mistake of all >>>>> ------------------------------------ >>>>> Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. >>>>> ------------------------------------- >>>>> You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what >>>>> you're doing is work or play >>>>> ------------------------------------- >>>>> To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. >>>>> ------------------------------------- >>>>> Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. >>>>> ------------------------------------- >>>>> Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they >>>>> write all patents, too? :) >>>>> ------------------------------------- >>>>> I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> Dimitre Novatchev >>> --------------------------------------- >>> Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. >>> --------------------------------------- >>> To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk >>> ------------------------------------- >>> Never fight an inanimate object >>> ------------------------------------- >>> To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the >>> biggest mistake of all >>> ------------------------------------ >>> Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. >>> ------------------------------------- >>> You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what >>> you're doing is work or play >>> ------------------------------------- >>> To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. >>> ------------------------------------- >>> Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. >>> ------------------------------------- >>> Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they >>> write all patents, too? :) >>> ------------------------------------- >>> I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it. >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > Dimitre Novatchev > --------------------------------------- > Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. > --------------------------------------- > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk > ------------------------------------- > Never fight an inanimate object > ------------------------------------- > To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the > biggest mistake of all > ------------------------------------ > Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. > ------------------------------------- > You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what > you're doing is work or play > ------------------------------------- > To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. > ------------------------------------- > Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. > ------------------------------------- > Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they > write all patents, too? :) > ------------------------------------- > I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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