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RE: problem sorting uniquely w/transform()
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: problem sorting uniquely w/transform()
- From: Kay Michael <Michael dot Kay at icl dot com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 11:07:06 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
> <xsl:for-each
> select="//LEAGUE[not(translate(@NAME,$lower,$upper)=translate(
> preceding::*/@ NAME,$lower,$upper))]">
When you write
string(@name) = preceding-sibling::*/@name
you are comparing a string to a node-set, and the result is true if the
string matches the strig-value of any node in the node-set. It's shorthand
for "if there exists an X in preceding-sibling::*/@name such that
string(@name) = X".
When you write
string(@name) = translate(preceding-sibling::*/@name, $x, $y)
you are comparing a string to a string, so the implicit "if there exists" is
lost. The translate function creates a single string, based on converting
the first preceding-sibling (in document order), and you are only comparing
with this one.
Mike Kay
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