Subject: RE: [xsl] Top n values From: Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:17:08 +0300 |
Hi Vasu, Yes, he could do it like that, but why? Why resort to extensions and build a RTF, when he could just sort by item and filter by position - why make things the hard way? Cheers, Jarno > -----Original Message----- > From: ext Vasu Chakkera [mailto:vasucv@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 18. October 2002 12:04 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [xsl] Top n values > > > Following is an example of how you can work with node-set().. > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xalan = > "http://xml.apache.org/xalan" exclude-result-prefixes="xalan"> > <xsl:template match="/"> > <xsl:variable name="sorted-items"> > <xsl:for-each select="/root/item"> > <xsl:sort select="." order="descending" data-type="number"/> > <xsl:copy-of select="."/> > </xsl:for-each> > </xsl:variable> > <xsl:variable name="n-value" select="'3'"/> > <xsl:for-each > select="xalan:nodeset($sorted-items)/item[position()<= > $n-value]"> > <xsl:value-of select="."/><br/> > </xsl:for-each> > </xsl:template> > </xsl:stylesheet> > > This works with XALAN.. > > > > > > > >From: Dan Diebolt <dandiebolt@xxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [xsl] Top n values > >Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:30:04 -0700 (PDT) > > > >I need to process the top n values in a list where n > >is dynamic. So if n=3 and I had the following XML: > > > ><root> > > <item>1</item> > > <item>5</item> > > <item>3</item> > > <item>2</item> > > <item>6</item> > > <item>4</item> > ></root> > > > >I need to process <item>'s with values 6,5,4. If I had > >captured n in a variable/parameter, what is the most > >efficient way to do this? What I want to avoid is walking > >the <item> nodset multiple times as there are a lot of > ><item>s (thousands). Thanks. > > > > XSL-List info and archive: > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get a speedy connection with MSN Broadband. Join now! > http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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