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RE: Balanced Two column tables
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: Balanced Two column tables
- From: "Pawson, David" <DPawson at rnib dot org dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 14:44:01 -0000
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
Following seems OK.
Input
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<TASKS>
<TASK>
<COMPONENTS>
<COMPONENT>A</COMPONENT>
<COMPONENT>B</COMPONENT>
<COMPONENT>C</COMPONENT>
<COMPONENT>D</COMPONENT>
<COMPONENT>E</COMPONENT>
<COMPONENT>F</COMPONENT>
<COMPONENT>G</COMPONENT>
<COMPONENT>H</COMPONENT>
<COMPONENT>I</COMPONENT>
<COMPONENT>J</COMPONENT>
<COMPONENT>K</COMPONENT>
</COMPONENTS>
</TASK>
</TASKS>
xsl
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="html" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="TASKS/TASK/COMPONENTS">
<xsl:variable name="t-size" select="count(COMPONENT)"/>
<xsl:variable name="half" select="ceiling($t-size div 2)"/>
<TABLE>
<xsl:for-each select="COMPONENT[position() <= $half]">
<xsl:variable name="here" select="position()"/>
<TR>
<TD><xsl:value-of select="."/></TD>
<TD>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="../COMPONENT[$here+$half]">
<xsl:value-of select="../COMPONENT[$here+$half]"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise></xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</TD>
</TR>
</xsl:for-each>
</TABLE>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Result
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD>A</TD><TD>G</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>B</TD><TD>H</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>C</TD><TD>I</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>D</TD><TD>J</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>E</TD><TD>K</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>F</TD><TD></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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