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Number of elements with a given attribute
Hello,
In a piece of theater, I have some verses that are split between different
roles.
All verses without a part attribute are complete verses.
<role name='...'>
<verse>...</verse>
<verse>...</verse>
...
</role>
The other are tagged on the following model:
<role name='...'>
...
<verse>...</verse>
<verse part="beginning">...</verse>
</role>
<role name='...'>
<verse part="continuation">...</verse>
</role>
<role name='...'>
<verse part="continuation">...</verse>
</role>
<role name='...'>
<verse part="end">...</verse>
<verse>...</verse>
...
</role>
I need to know if a continuation is the only one between beginning and end,
the first or the second of two, the first, second or third of three, and so
on.
<xsl:value-of select="count(preceding::verse[@part != 'beginning']) "/> gives
me the count of all preceding verses with part attribute other
than "beginning" from the beginning of the piece, what is not what I want.
I wish to have the count of preceding parts of verse from the last beginning
part.
Could someone help me?
Thanks in advance,
Ph. Faehndrich
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Re: Number of elements with a given attribute
Posted by Gregory Buchenberger <gr...@eightfoldconsulting.com>.
A good place for XSLT, XSL, XPath questions is the XSL mailing list at
http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/
On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 15:34 +0100, Pascal Sancho wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a pure XSLT/Xpath related question...
> Nothing to do with FOP. For such questions, you should ask on the right
> list.
>
> That said, IMHO you should select a nodeset using actual index position
> (count(preceding::*) does the trick)
> To find the last node that is a boudary should be done with following
> expression:
> preceding::verse[@part != 'beginning'][1]
>
> Note that if you put your nodeset in a xsl:variable, you can have some
> troubles.
> Xalan (see [1]) or MSXML (see [2]) provide extended function for that
> purpose.
>
> [1] http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/extensionslib.html#nodeset
> [2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hz88kef0%28VS.71%29.aspx
>
> HTH,
> Pascal
>
>
> Faehndrich Philippe a écrit :
> > Hello,
> >
> > In a piece of theater, I have some verses that are split between different
> > roles.
> >
> > All verses without a part attribute are complete verses.
> > <role name='...'>
> > <verse>...</verse>
> > <verse>...</verse>
> > ...
> > </role>
> >
> > The other are tagged on the following model:
> > <role name='...'>
> > ...
> > <verse>...</verse>
> > <verse part="beginning">...</verse>
> > </role>
> > <role name='...'>
> > <verse part="continuation">...</verse>
> > </role>
> > <role name='...'>
> > <verse part="continuation">...</verse>
> > </role>
> > <role name='...'>
> > <verse part="end">...</verse>
> > <verse>...</verse>
> > ...
> > </role>
> >
> > I need to know if a continuation is the only one between beginning and end,
> > the first or the second of two, the first, second or third of three, and so
> > on.
> >
> > <xsl:value-of select="count(preceding::verse[@part != 'beginning']) "/> gives
> > me the count of all preceding verses with part attribute other
> > than "beginning" from the beginning of the piece, what is not what I want.
> > I wish to have the count of preceding parts of verse from the last beginning
> > part.
> >
> > Could someone help me?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Ph. Faehndrich
>
>
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Re: Number of elements with a given attribute
Posted by Pascal Sancho <pa...@takoma.fr>.
Hi,
This is a pure XSLT/Xpath related question...
Nothing to do with FOP. For such questions, you should ask on the right
list.
That said, IMHO you should select a nodeset using actual index position
(count(preceding::*) does the trick)
To find the last node that is a boudary should be done with following
expression:
preceding::verse[@part != 'beginning'][1]
Note that if you put your nodeset in a xsl:variable, you can have some
troubles.
Xalan (see [1]) or MSXML (see [2]) provide extended function for that
purpose.
[1] http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/extensionslib.html#nodeset
[2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hz88kef0%28VS.71%29.aspx
HTH,
Pascal
Faehndrich Philippe a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> In a piece of theater, I have some verses that are split between different
> roles.
>
> All verses without a part attribute are complete verses.
> <role name='...'>
> <verse>...</verse>
> <verse>...</verse>
> ...
> </role>
>
> The other are tagged on the following model:
> <role name='...'>
> ...
> <verse>...</verse>
> <verse part="beginning">...</verse>
> </role>
> <role name='...'>
> <verse part="continuation">...</verse>
> </role>
> <role name='...'>
> <verse part="continuation">...</verse>
> </role>
> <role name='...'>
> <verse part="end">...</verse>
> <verse>...</verse>
> ...
> </role>
>
> I need to know if a continuation is the only one between beginning and end,
> the first or the second of two, the first, second or third of three, and so
> on.
>
> <xsl:value-of select="count(preceding::verse[@part != 'beginning']) "/> gives
> me the count of all preceding verses with part attribute other
> than "beginning" from the beginning of the piece, what is not what I want.
> I wish to have the count of preceding parts of verse from the last beginning
> part.
>
> Could someone help me?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ph. Faehndrich
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