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Re: Indent based on position()
Thanks, I was aware of that. Sorry it was not explicitly stated as a
limitation.
Kirk Allen Evans
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"XML and ASP.NET", New Riders Publishing
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Faron" <gfaron@integretechpub.com>
To: <xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [xsl] Indent based on position()
> At 09:10 AM 4/11/2002, you wrote:
> ><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> >xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> ><xsl:output method="text"/>
> ><xsl:template match="/">
> > <xsl:apply-templates select="content/line"/>
> ></xsl:template>
> ><xsl:template match="line">
> > <!-- Concatenate with a bunch of dashes -->
> > <xsl:variable name="dashes" select="'---------------------'"/>
> > <!-- Take the number of dashes corresponding to the line's position
> > number -->
> > <xsl:value-of select="substring($dashes,1,position())"/>
> > <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > <!-- Carriage-return-->
> > <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
> ></xsl:template>
> >
> ></xsl:stylesheet>
>
> Not commenting on the efficiency of this algorithm, the above will only
> work for a limited number of indentations (21 in this case). If you're
> going to use this method, you'll need to conditionally grow the string as
> in Jeni's str:padding template, located at
> <http://www.exslt.org/str/functions/padding/str.padding.template.xsl>.
>
>
>
> Greg Faron
> Integre Technical Publishing Co.
>
>
>
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