RE: [xsl] Can attribute names be compared !!

["Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Let me try to understand. You have selected an element which I will call
$E.

Your first statement of the requirement is:

> I want to get data for all the nodes with the same 
> name but having either less or same no. of attributes as this node

That sounds to me like:

//*[name() = name($E) and count(@*) <= count($E/@*)]

But of course the second part of the test is redundant if $E is the
element with the greatest number of attributes.

Your restatement of the requirement is completely different:

> I want to compare 
> the names of the attribute with the attribute names of the 
> reference node and 
> if they are same then outputting the value for that attribute 
> otherwise outputting some other text (,or any kind of seperator).

This sounds to me like:

<xsl:for-each select="@*">
   <xsl:choose>
     <xsl:when test="$E/@*[name()=name(current())]">
       <xsl:value-of select="."/>
     </xsl:when>
     <xsl:otherwise>...</xsl:otherwise>
  </
</

With two such different statements of the requirement, it's hard to be
sure that I have understood either of them properly.

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Dipesh Khakhkhar
> Sent: 27 August 2003 17:28
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Can attribute names be compared !!
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I asked this question twice or thrice with my xsl and xml 
> pasted. But it seems 
> that is making my email complicated and thats why i am not 
> getting any 
> replies.
> 
> So i will try to rephrase my problem.
> I found out in a node in the xml having maximum attributes 
> and I have stored 
> it in the variable. Now if I want to get data for all the 
> nodes with the same 
> name but having either less or same no. of attributes as this 
> node how do i 
> get it. I mean i don't know the names of the attributes and I 
> want to compare 
> the names of the attribute with the attribute names of the 
> reference node and 
> if they are same then outputting the value for that attribute 
> otherwise 
> outputting some other text (,or any kind of seperator).
> 
> I hope this time my email being short I will get some reply.
> 
> Thanks !!
> 
> Regards,
> Dipesh
> 
> 
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