newbie concat loop question

lott · December 7th, 2010, 02:53 PM

I have "area text" that can be in one or multiple records in the database (and therefore in XML node elements).

I can use the code below to output this text line by line, but what I would really like to do is concatenate it into one long string and then output it, wrapping based on the available width.

Can anyone help me with this?

Current Code:
<xsl:template match="AREA/SMRACMT_ROWSET/SMRACMT_SET">
<fo:block font-size="8">
<xsl:for-each select="SMRACMT_TEXT" />
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>

Current Output:
Anatomy and Physiology needs to have been completed at MSU
within the last 5 years with a minimum grade of 2.0.
For an equivalent transfer of BIO 227 and BIO 228 from
another institution, students need to have completed a full
year of Anatomy and Physiology and one semester of
Microbiology within the last 5 years with a grade of 2.5 or
better.

Desired Output:
Anatomy and Physiology needs to have been completed at MSU within the last 5 years with a minimum grade of 2.0. For an equivalent transfer of BIO 227 and BIO 228 from another institution, students need to have completed a full year of Anatomy and Physiology and one semester of Microbiology within the last 5 years with a grade of 2.5 or better.

mrame · December 8th, 2010, 02:07 AM

Try the below:

Code:

<xsl:template match="AREA/SMRACMT_ROWSET/SMRACMT_SET">
<fo:block font-size="8">
<xsl:value-of select="SMRACMT_TEXT"/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>

lott · December 8th, 2010, 09:16 AM

I get the same results - each element is printed on a separate line.
I was hoping there was a way to print each area_text element, a space, and then the next area_text element, wrapping as needed.

Thank you for your response, though!

mrame · December 9th, 2010, 06:53 AM

Post your input xml, full xslt code and the output expected from the input xml.