Re: [xsl] Map construction

["John Lumley john@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/04/2019 09:06, Christophe Marchand cmarchand@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is it legal to construct a map this way :
>
> <xsl:variable name="myMap" as="map(xs:string,xs:string+)">
> B  <xsl:sequence select="map:entry('key1', ('val11','val12'))"/>
> B  <xsl:sequence select="map:entry('key2', ('val21','val22'))"/>
> </xsl:variable>
>
> Or should I construct a sequence of map:entry, and then apply 
> map:merge on that sequence ?

You should use map:merge(map(*)*) on a sequence of maps - map:entry() 
produces a single entry map. $myMap as written has type map(*)+ - a 
sequence of single-entry maps. Use the $options second argument of 
map:merge() to control behaviour when duplicate keys are detected...


> Thanks in advance,
> Christophe


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