Re: AW: [xsl] simple conditional looping

[xptm@xxxxxxx]

Yes, but if you have more than 50 order, the second line of your solution
(<xsl:apply-templates select="order"/>) will give more than 50 rows on the
output, thus giving troubles...


> > <xsl:template match="orders">
> >    <xsl:apply-templates select="order"/>
> >    <xsl:call-template name="write-blanks">
> >      <xsl:with-param name="counter" select="50 - count(order)"/>
> >    </xsl:call-template>
> > </xsl:template>

Citando Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> At 12:19 PM 8/16/2004, you wrote:
> >But that will have troubles is there is more than 50 order...
>
> Not if you construct the recursive template correctly.
>
> Passing it a negative number as a parameter (let's say you have 55 orders:
> the parameter passed will be (50 - 55) = -5), you can easily "fall through"
> and choose not to emit output or recurse:
>
> <xsl:template name="write-blanks">
>    <xsl:param name="counter" select="0"/>
>    <xsl:if test="$counter > 0">
>       ... write your blank line here ...
>      <xsl:call-template name="write-blanks">
>        <xsl:with-param name="counter" select="$counter - 1"/>
>      </xsl:call-template>
>    </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Cheers,
> Wendell
>
> >Citando Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > > At 09:03 AM 8/16/2004, Keyur wrote:
> > > >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.
> > >
> > > Cleaner than the method named after me would be to process the order
> nodes
> > > you have, and then pass the difference between 50 and their count to a
> > > recursive template that would emit the blank lines until zero (or less
> than
> > > zero) was reached:
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="orders">
> > >    <xsl:apply-templates select="order"/>
> > >    <xsl:call-template name="write-blanks">
> > >      <xsl:with-param name="counter" select="50 - count(order)"/>
> > >    </xsl:call-template>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > (Since you've already seen the recursive template I leave it to you to
> > > adjust it -- and get the numbering of the blank lines right. ;-)
>
>
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