Subject: RE: [xsl] implement for loop with XSLT From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:08:07 -0000 |
> I came up with the enclosed code to grab the value of an <n> element > and generate a list of integers and their squares between 1 and n: > > 1 1 > 2 4 > 3 9 > ... > 8 64 > 9 81 > 10 100 > > I am a bit stunned at how intricate this code looks. Is there > a more direct way to accomplish this? No, the way you have done it is the correct way. It's rather verbose, but it's conceptually simple, and by writing it you have learnt a powerful and extensible technique. > If I am stuck with this recursive solution, is there a way > to write a generic "for" template but pass in a "body" that > needs to be evalutate? For example pass a string "$i*$i*$i" > to evaluate cubes). You're really asking here for first-class functions or lambda expressions, something that is the subject of some of the heavy theoretical discussion on this list that you're probably ignoring and dismissing as irrelevant. Meanwhile you could play with the evaluate() extension function available in Saxon, Xalan, etc. Mike Kay Software AG XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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