Re: AW: [xsl] simple conditional looping

["Keyur K" <kkeyur@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello David,

Thanks for replying.  See my xml and xsl code below to get more idea and why 
I need conditional looping.

my xml code is as follows:
<orders>
<order id="1">ABC</order>
<order id="2">XYZ</order>
<order id="3">QWE</order>
</orders>

The orders tag will grow as and when new orders are added. Now in my 
stylesheet (PRINTER FRIENDLY) I need to display the orders as below.

ORDERS:
1. ABC
2. XYZ
3. QWE
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
.
.
.
.
50. _______

In my printer friendly stylesheet I need to display minimum 50 lines. If 
there are less then 50 orders then all the remaining lines will be blank 
with an underline. The transformed page (this xml and xsl will be 
transformed using ASP.NET) will be printed and the blank lines will be 
filled manually with a pen and Signed.

So I think conditional looping will be required.

I used recursive templates to do this as suggested by fellow list members.

Regards,
Keyur



> From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: AW: [xsl] simple conditional looping
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:19:24 +0100
>
> >
> > maybe a silly question, but why exactly do you need the ()? something
> > like //* with a predicate [] should be enough or not?
>
> A predicate in an axis step just filters that step.
>
> //*[position() &lt; 50]
>
> is /descendent-or-self::node/child::*[position() &lt; 50]
>
> so it gives you all element nodes in the document that have fewer than
> 49 older siblings.
>
> On the other hand
>
> (//*)[position() &lt; 50]
>
>
> is (/descendent-or-self::node/child::*)[position() &lt; 50]
>
> which gives you the first 49 element nodes in the document.
>
> David
>
>
>
>
>
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