Re: [xsl] counting/comparing values

[Jörg Heinicke <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>]

Hi John,

the easiest and most obviously version is to sort all rows by the count of
there entries.

<xsl:template match="tbody">
    <table>
        <xsl:attribute name="col_count">
            <xsl:for-each select="row">
                <xsl:sort select="count(entry)" order="descending"/>
                <xsl:if test="position() = 1">
                    <xsl:value-of select="count(entry)"/>
                </xsl:if>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </xsl:attribute>
    </table>
</xsl:template>

But there are a few generic versions of better algorithms. Search for
'generic' and 'Dimitre' in the archives and you will find few answers I
think.

Hope this helps,

Joerg

> Greetings all,
> I am stuck trying to get the highest number of child elements of a
> particular type.  What I would like to do is return the count of the most
> <entry> elements within a single <row> of a <table>:
>
> <table>
>  <tbody>
>   <row>
>     <entry>1</entry>
>   </row>
>   <row>
>     <entry>1</entry>
>     <entry>2</entry>
>   </row>
>   <row>
>     <entry>1</entry>
>     <entry>2</entry>
>     <entry>3</entry>
>   </row>
> </tbody>
> </table>
>
> The template processing this is:
> <xsl:template match="table">
> <table>
> <xsl:variable name="col_count">
> <xsl:for-each select="child::tbody[1]/row">
>     <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="count(preceding-sibling::row/child::entry)
> &gt; count(entry)">
> <xsl:value-of
> select="count(preceding-sibling::row/child::entry)"/>
> </xsl:when>
> <xsl:otherwise>
> <xsl:value-of select="count(entry)"/>
> </xsl:otherwise>
>    </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:variable>
>  <xsl:attribute name="col_count"><xsl:value-of
> select="$col_count"/></xsl:attribute>
> </table>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Which returns:
> <table col_count="123"/>
>
> When what I want is <table col_count="3"/>
>
> Any ideas?  Any and all help appreciated.
> Thanks, John


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