Re: [xsl] Map construction

["Christophe Marchand cmarchand@xxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh ! Thanks a lot !

I've missed this, I had only the xpath constructions in mind.

Best regards,
Christophe

Le 18/04/2019 C  10:28, Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx a C)critB :
> Alernatively, use the xsl:map and xsl:map-entry instructions. Unlike map:merge this doesn't allow any control over handling of duplicates (though we're adding that as a Saxon extension in the next release).
>
> > > <xsl:variable name="myMap" as="map(xs:string,xs:string+)">
>          <xsl:map>
> > >      <xsl:map:entry key="'key1'" select="'val11','val12'"/>
> etc
>
> Michael Kay
>
> > On 18 Apr 2019, at 09:12, John Lumley john@xxxxxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > 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+)">
> > >    <xsl:sequence select="map:entry('key1', ('val11','val12'))"/>
> > >    <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
> >
> > --
> > *John Lumley* MA PhD CEng FIEE
> > john@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > on behalf of Saxonica Ltd