Re: [xsl] How to show explicitly the implicit sequence constructor?

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 29/03/2014 09:28, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> In the following template rule is an implicit sequence constructor. The sequence constructor expresses this: "Show the value of Title, then show the value of Author."
>
>      <xsl:template match="Book">
>          <xsl:value-of select="Title" />
>          <xsl:value-of select="Author" />
>      </xsl:template>
>
> Is there a way to explicitly show the sequence constructor?
>
> For example, this would be a neat way to explicitly show the sequence constructor:
>
>      <xsl:template match="Book">
>          <xsl:sequence>
>              <xsl:value-of select="Title" />
>              <xsl:value-of select="Author" />
>          </xsl:sequence>
>      </xsl:template>
>
> Unfortunately that is not legal.
>
> Is there a way to explicitly show the sequence constructor?
>
> /Roger

you could use

<xsl:sequence select="string(Title),string(Author)" separator=""/>

although that's a sequence of strings not a sequence of text nodes, it 
possibly comes to the same thing in the end.

David



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