Re: [xsl] foreach, preceding-sibling::node() and following-sibling::node()

["Mingqiang Yu" <myu@xxxxxxxx>]

Sorry that I didn't make myself very clear. I make the xml too simple.
I've thought it will be easier. But guess I'm wrong. Now I'm adding some
more details.

This is the xml file structure I'm using:
<rec>
  <zabs>
     <abs db="db1"> Experiment regarding the theory of Langevin [see Abs.
         <idlink>1905A01449</idlink>].  <i>in vacuo</i> and theory of the
         ferromagnetic state [see Abs. <idlink>1914A00343</idlink>,
         <idlink>1914A00344</idlink>].
     </abs>
  </zabs>
  <ztit>
     <tit> Title name </title>
  </ztit>
</rec>

Of course, I simplify the xml file. But the structure is like this. For
the output regarding the <abs> tag, I need the output like this:

Experiment regarding the theory of Langevin [see Abs.<a
href="javascript:frLink('FRLink','all',
&quot;1905A01449&quot;)">1905A01449</a><i>in vacuo</i> and theory of the
ferromagnetic state [see Abs. <a href="javascript:frLink('FRLink','all',
&quot;1905A01449&quot;)">1914A00343</a>, <a
href="javascript:frLink('FRLink','all',
&quot;1905A01449&quot;)">1914A00344</a>.

I've been using this piece of stylesheet to handle. The purpose is that,
when it's <idlink> tag, I want to output a href hyperlink for the value;
otherwise, just output whatever in there. The $field variable is passed to
this template which is either tit or abs in this case. (the <tit> and
<abs> tag):

<xsl:when test="$field='tit' or $field='abs'">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="idlink">
      <xsl:copy-of select="idlink[1]/preceding-sibling::node()"/>
      <xsl:for-each select="idlink">
        <xsl:variable name="idlinkVal">
          <xsl:value-of select="."/>
        </xsl:variable>
        <a href="javascript:frLink('FRLink','all',
&quot;{$idlinkVal}&quot;);">
        <xsl:value-of select="$idlinkVal"/>
        </a>
        <xsl:copy-of
select="following-sibling::node()[generate-id(current())=generate-id(preceding-sibling::idlink[1])]"/>
       </xsl:for-each>
     </xsl:when>
     <xsl:otherwise>
       <xsl:copy-of select="@*|node()"/>
     </xsl:otherwise>
   </xsl:choose>
</xsl:when>

But the problem is, the
following-sibling::node()[generate-id(current())=generate-id(preceding-sibling::idlink[1])always
gives me the text including the next idlink tag while what I need is just
the text right before next <idlink>.

Sorry again if this still confuses you. Maybe I'm just stuck on some basic
concept and cannot get around it. Thanks a lot for your help.

Ming

> I am not sure what you want either.
>
> For the examples of your input and output the following three
> templates should work:
>
> <xsl:template match="abs">
>   <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="idlink">
>   <xsl:variable name="urlnumber" select="count(preceding::idlink)+1"/>
>   <a href="url{$urlnumber}"><xsl:value-of select="."/></a>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="i|b|u|em"> <!-- And more elements -->
>   <xsl:copy>
>     <xsl:apply-templates/>
>   </xsl:copy>
>
> <!-- This template is not needed as this is the same as the default
> template for text nodes, but is added for clarity: -->
> <xsl:template match="text()">
>   <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Is this what you need?
>
> Regards,
> Ragulf Pickaxe :-)
>
> On 10/26/05, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> > Actually, I do want the content between the two idlinks and, that's
>> where
>> > I'm stuck. This is what I need:
>> > Xml input file: