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RE: math calculations between successive siblings
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: math calculations between successive siblings
- From: Kay Michael <Michael dot Kay at icl dot com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:18:55 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
> I would like to insert
> filler rows of the appropriate height between the 'event' rows so that
> the resulting table scales appropriately.
> fillheight = propconstant*(node[i].starttime - (node[i-1].starttime +
> node[i-1].duration))
<xsl:variable name="fillheight">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="preceding-sibling::event">
<xsl:value-of select="starttime - (preceding-sibling::event/starttime +
preceding-sibling::event/duration)"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>0</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:variable>
Mike Kay
> I have XML like the following:
>
> <event>
> <starttime>9</starttime>
> <duration>3</duration>
> </event>
> <event>
> <starttime>13</starttime>
> <duration>1</duration>
> </event>
>
>
> How do I get a template to communicate with future instantiations of
> itself
You don't, you write a function that does a calculation taking its input
from nodes of the source tree.
> I haven't been able to get variables to work
You're not yet another Microsoft victim, are you?
Mike Kay
>
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