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attribute closest match
- From: "Matthew L. Avizinis" <mla at gleim dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 12:50:33 -0400
- Subject: [xsl] attribute closest match
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
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>
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