Subject: [xsl] RE: xslt: nested for-each loops and other transformations? From: "Kevin Callahan" <kevincal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 16:02:53 -0400 |
I didn't know if I posted this before I had an activated account... I am trying to figure out nested for-each looping and am finding no real examples to help with this use case (or is there a better way than using for-each?): I have an xml document (xmlDocument) that looks like <plans> <plan name="Plan A" id="1" quote="44.50"> <descriptor descriptor_name="Provider" descriptor_id="44" anchor="PROVIDER" value="Provider A"\> <descriptor descriptor_name="Underwriter" descriptor_id="45" anchor="UNDERWRITER" value="Underwriter A"\> <descriptor descriptor_name="Eligibility" descriptor_id="46" anchor="ELEGIBILITY" value="US Residents Only"\> <descriptor descriptor_name="Length of Coverage" descriptor_id="47" anchor="COVERAGE" value="30 day max."\> <descriptor .../> </plan> <plan name="Plan B" id="2" quote="77.50"> <descriptor descriptor_name="Provider" descriptor_id="44" anchor="PROVIDER" value="Provider B"\> <descriptor descriptor_name="Underwriter" descriptor_id="45" anchor="UNDERWRITER" value="Underwriter B"\> <descriptor descriptor_name="Eligibility" descriptor_id="46" anchor="ELEGIBILITY" value="No Over 80"\> <descriptor descriptor_name="Length of Coverage" descriptor_id="47" anchor="COVERAGE" value="180 day max."\> <descriptor .../> </plan> <plan name="Plan C" id="3" quote="99.50"> <descriptor descriptor_name="Provider" descriptor_id="44" anchor="PROVIDER" value="Provider C"\> <descriptor descriptor_name="Underwriter" descriptor_id="45" anchor="UNDERWRITER" value="Underwriter C"\> <descriptor descriptor_name="Eligibility" descriptor_id="46" anchor="ELEGIBILITY" value="All"\> <descriptor descriptor_name="Length of Coverage" descriptor_id="47" anchor="COVERAGE" value="30 day max."\> <descriptor .../> </plan> </plans> The problem is that the xlst must take into account that the <descriptor..> field is dynamic but will have the same # and type between plans. I want to generate an html table that looks somewhat like: <tr><td>Plan</td><td>Plan A</td><td>Plan B</td><td>Plan C</td></tr> <tr><td>Provider</td><td>Provider A</td><td>Provider B</td><td>ProviderC</td></tr> <tr><td>Underwriter</td><td>Underwriter A</td><td>Underwriter B</td><td>Underwriter C</td></tr> .. etc How would I achieve this two-prong looping in the xslt file? I know I can use the <xsl:for-each ..\> tag but is there a way to populate a temporary scheme of just <descriptors><descriptor/></descriptors> and then have a loop through that? Thank you very much in advance for any help! -kevin XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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