Re: [xsl] How to set an element as the context without using a for-each loop?

["Graydon graydon@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 01, 2024 at 11:49:59AM -0000, Pieter Masereeuw pieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx scripsit:
[snip]
> Currently, I use to add a comment to my <xsl:for-each> that explains that it
> will iterate only once.

If I understand the language design intent correctly, part of the point
is that "for-each" doesn't iterate; it's "make the members of this
sequence the context item for this sequence constructor".

Like value-of, it could have had a better name, but it's not
conceptually a loop.

> On 5/1/24 13:31, David Carlisle d.p.carlisle@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> <xsl:sequence select="$record/(f:convert(Customer_or_Area_Code),f:convert
>     (Cycle_Date),f:convert(Sequence_Number))"/>

Or even 

<xsl:variable name="recordMap" as="map(*)" select="
    "Customer_or_Area_Code": f:convert#1,
    "Cycle_Date": f:convert#1,
    "Sequence_Number": f:convert#1
"/>

<xsl:sequence select="$record/* ! recordMap(name())(.)"/>

Overkill for this situation, but useful if different child elements need
to be fed through different functions.

-- Graydon

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