How to use the following::sibling

Nagaraj · April 29th, 2009, 04:19 AM

Hi everybody,

Need xsl to add the <author> element after the commos and If my <author> element is the last element followed by the tag <title> it should be add dot.

Find the input xml and output as below,

Input xml:

Code:

<authors>
<author>
<surname>Paivio</surname>
<given-name>A</given-name>
</author>
<author>
<surname>Jansen</surname>
<given-name>B</given-name>
</author>
<author>
<surname>Becker</surname>
<given-name>LJ</given-name>
</author>
</authors>
<title>
<maintitle>Comparisons through the mind&#x0027;s eye</maintitle>
</title>

Need output:

Code:

<authors>
<author>
<surname>Paivio</surname>
<given-name>A</given-name>
</author>,
<author>
<surname>Jansen</surname>
<given-name>B</given-name>
</author>,
<author>
<surname>Becker</surname>
<given-name>LJ</given-name>
</author>.
</authors>
<title>
<maintitle>Comparisons through the mind&#x0027;s eye</maintitle>
</title>

Please help me......

mrame · April 29th, 2009, 04:57 AM

Try this:

Code:

<xsl:template match="authors">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="author"></xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="title">
<xsl:copy-of select="."></xsl:copy-of>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="author">
<xsl:copy-of select="."></xsl:copy-of>
<xsl:if test="position() != last()"><xsl:text>,</xsl:text></xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="position() = last()"><xsl:text>.</xsl:text></xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

Nagaraj · April 29th, 2009, 05:11 AM

Thanks for you immediate reply...

but i need one more request as if dot character should be inserted when the last author name after the <title> tag should come, otherwise it will skip to insert the dot character after </author>tag.

any other possibilities is there........?????

mrame · April 29th, 2009, 05:23 AM

Assuming that you need comma after the last author, only when there is a title, I post this code. Try this:

Code:

<xsl:template match="authors">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="author"></xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="title">
<xsl:copy-of select="."></xsl:copy-of>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="author">
<xsl:copy-of select="."></xsl:copy-of>
<xsl:if test="position() != last()"><xsl:text>,</xsl:text></xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="position() = last()">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="../../authors/following-sibling::title">
<xsl:text>.</xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise></xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

If this is not what you needed, then post the input and output xml.

Nagaraj · April 30th, 2009, 10:37 AM

Thank you so much ............

It's working perfectly.......

Thanks a lot again.