Re: [xsl] return something x number of times

[Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/16/05, Jesper Tverskov <jesper@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi list
>
> In XSLT 2.0 (in XMLSpy) this markup:
> <xsl:variable name="indent_4" select="for $a in 1 to 4 return 'x'"/>
>
> Returns 'x x x x'.
>
> Why the whitespace?
>
> How can I get 'xxxx' returned both in XSLT 1.0 and in XSLT 2.0?

In XSLT 2.0 only one can use:

   <xsl:sequence select="string-join(for $a in 1 to 4 return 'x', '')"/>


The following code works both in XSLT 1.0 and XSLT 2.0:

   <xsl:for-each select=
      "(document('')//node() | document('')//namespace::*)[position() &lt;=
4]">
     <xsl:value-of select="'x'"/>
   </xsl:for-each>

For any non-trivial application of this problem (where the number of
repetitions N is unknown or has a very big value) one can use
recursion explicitly or it is even more appropriate to use an FXSL
function such as f:iter()


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Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev
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