Re: [xsl] Grouping the information - XSLT

[Jörg Heinicke <joerg dot heinicke at gmx dot de>]

With preceding::term[1] you select the first node called 'term' in reverse 
document order. What you want is something like preceding::*[1][self::term].

Joerg

Kumar V. wrote:

> Hi Friends,
> 
>       I have some problem in the grouping the parallel information in the XSLT. I hope, you people will provide me a solution. <term> and <def> are defined as parallel elements. <def> element can occur without <term>.
> 
> Xml Coding:
> <term>A</term><def>A stands for ...</def>
> <term>B</term><def>B stands for ...</def>
> <def>C stands for ....</def>
> <def>D stands for ....</def>
> <term>E</term><def>E stands for ...</def>
> 
> Output Should be:
> <p align="justify">A    A stands for ...</p>
> <p align="justify">B    B stands for ...</p>
> <p align="justify">C stands for ....</p>
> <p align="justify">D stands for ....</p>
> <p align="justify">E    E stands for ...</p>
> 
> I am using the below template to display the above output. But it is not coming perfectly.
> 
> <xsl:template match="def">
> <p align="justify">
> <xsl:if test="preceding::term[1]">
> <xsl:value-of select="preceding::term[1]"/>
> </xsl:if>
> <xsl:if test="not(preceding::term)">
> </xsl:if>
> <xsl:apply-templates/></p>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> Output using the above template
> 
> <p align="justify">A    A stands for ...</p>
> <p align="justify">B    B stands for ...</p>
> <p align="justify">B    C stands for ....</p>
> <p align="justify">B    D stands for ....</p>
> <p align="justify">E    E stands for ...</p>
> 
> Thanks in Advance.
> 
> Regards,
> Kumar V.


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