Re: [xsl] getting the longest text node

[Rick Taylor <taylor@xxxxxxxx>]

I just thought I'd provide a variation.  I can't make any performance 
claims vs. a sort in a for-each. Maybe someone else knows.

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="//orange">
   <xsl:sort data-type="number" order="descending" select="string-length(.)"/>
  </xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="orange">
 <xsl:if test="position()=1">
 <LongString type="{name()}" string-length="{string-length(.)}">
  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
 </LongString>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

-rick

At 10:35 PM 3/11/03 +0100, you wrote:

> hi!
>
> i have a xml document like this:
>
>
> <root>
>   <foo>
>     <apple>a</apple>
>     <orange>oiasd</orange>
>   </foo>
>   <foo>
>     <apple>hellooooo</apple>
>     <orange>test</orange>
>   </foo>
> </root>
>
> what would be the most performant and best way to get
> the longest text of a apple node, and the longest text
> of a orange node?
>
> thanks alot!
>
> ciao!
> florian
>
>
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Rick Taylor
XML Developer
PPDM Association


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