RE: [xsl] Constructing X number of elements

[Jarno dot Elovirta at nokia dot com]

> How can I produce X number of elements in XSLT, where X is 
> defined in an
> attribute of an element in the source XML file?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
                xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>

<xsl:output indent="yes"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
  <div>
    <xsl:call-template name="cmx">
      <xsl:with-param name="index" select="number(movie/@rating)" />
    </xsl:call-template>
  </div>  
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="cmx">
  <xsl:param name="index" />
  <xsl:if test="$index">
    <img src="star.gif" alt=""/>
    <xsl:call-template name="cmx">
      <xsl:with-param name="index" select="$index - 1" />
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Jarno

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