Re: [xsl] Siblings to hierarchy: Better way to do this?

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

Richard,

This is something of a FAQ, and DaveP has a writeup of some early answers 
to it at http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/flatfile.html

The solution is basically what you have, but achieves your desiderata of 
speed and elegance by using keys.

And you asked:

> Also: I don't understand why this didn't work: if anyone can explain,
> I'd be grateful:
...

> <xsl:apply-templates 
> select="following-sibling::paragraph[preceding-sibling::section[1]=$sect]"/>
Inside the predicate is not a test for node identity; it's a test for 
string equivalence, which isn't the same at all.

Keys are fun and easy once you get the hang of em.

Enjoy,
Wendell

At 11:19 AM 9/6/2002, you wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I need to transform stuff in this form:
>
> <r>
>         <section/>
>         <paragraph>adolf</paragraph>
>         <paragraph>alex</paragraph>
>         <section/>
>         <paragraph>bertram</paragraph>
>         <paragraph>bilbo</paragraph>
>         <paragraph>bumble</paragraph>
>         <section/>
>         <paragraph>claus</paragraph>
>         <paragraph>charles</paragraph>
>         <paragraph>cymbaline</paragraph>
> </r>
>
> to this:
>
> <r>
>         <section>
>                 <Para>adolf</Para>
>                 <Para>alex</Para>
>         </section>
>         <section>
>                 <Para>bertram</Para>
>                 <Para>bilbo</Para>
>                 <Para>bumble</Para>
>         </section>
>         <section>
>                 <Para>claus</Para>
>                 <Para>charles</Para>
>                 <Para>cymbaline</Para>
>         </section>
> </r>

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