Subject: Re: [xsl] converting html table to xml From: "Thomas McDonald" <tomandlis@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 11:09:36 -0500 |
<frag> <letters name="lateletters"> <letter>xx</letter> <letter>yy</letter> <letter>zz</letter> </letters> <letters name="earlyletters"> <letter>aa</letter> <letter>bb</letter> <letter>cc</letter> </letters> </frag>
From: "Thomas McDonald" <tomandlis@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [xsl] converting html table to xml Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 11:03:35 -0500
I have an html table that looks like the one included below. I want to convert it to an xml file that looks like the one shown below. I haven't had much luck, but I have included my xsl attempt below, but it doesn't quite get me what I am looking for.
Here is the sample xml <table> <tr> <td><a>lateletters</a></td> <td>xx</td> </tr> <tr> <td>yy</td> <td>zz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a>earlyletters</a></td> <td>aa</td> </tr> <tr> <td>bb</td> <td>cc</td> </tr> </table>
Here is what I want the output to look like <frag> <letters name="lateletters"> <letter>xx</letter> <letter>yy</letter> <letter>zz</letter> </letters> <letters name="earlyletters"> <letter>yy</letter> <letter>yy</letter> <letter>yy</letter> </letters> </frag>
esentially, I want all the contents of a <td> tag that follow an <a> tag to be contained within a <letters> parent element. Once you hit a new <a> tag in the document then you should start a new <letters> parent element.
Here is my shot at it that uses ids and positions, but my position criteria doesn't really work because it only grabs those <td>
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml"/>
<xsl:template match="/TABLE">
<xsl:for-each select="TR/TD/A">
<xsl:variable name="id" select="generate-id()"/>
<letters><xsl:attribute name="name"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:for-each
select="following-sibling::TD[generate-id(preceding-sibling::TD[1])=$id]">
<letter><xsl:value-of select="."/></letter>
</xsl:for-each>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</letters>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
the above doesn't work, but I think it is moving in the right direction. I think the real problem happens because my second 'for-each' xpath, i.e., "following-sibling::TD[generate-id(preceding-sibling::TD[1])=$id]" can't select the following <td> siblings because I don't know how to construct so it will get the right nodes.
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