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Re: attribute closest match
- From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev at yahoo dot com>
- To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 22:00:14 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: [xsl] Re: attribute closest match
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--- "Matthew L. Avizinis" <mla at gleim dot com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am comparing a series of attribute (called 'id') values in one
> xml
> file
> with same in a second xml file. If there is an id value in the the
> second
> file which matches, I grab the value of the element and use it. If
> there is
> no match, I use the Xalan redirect extension element to emit a log
> file
> entry essentially stating that there wasn't a match for that id but
> can't
> provide much more information. It could be that there is a _nearly_
> matching id, e.g. maybe two characters are accidentally transposed.
> I believe that use of computers should make our lives easier. So
> what I'd
> like to know is if anyone knows of any XSLT templates which can
> essentially
> find a _closest match_ which I could then emit to the log file or do
> I
> have
> to resort to writing an extension function?
>
> thank you for any suggestions,
>
> Matthew L. Avizinis <mailto:mla@gleim.com>
> Gleim Publications, Inc.
> 4201 NW 95th Blvd.
> Gainesville, FL 32606
> (352)-375-0772
> www.gleim.com <http://www.gleim.com>
Can be done in XSLT, but first you have to define precisely
"_closest match_".
=====
Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
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