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Subject: Re: [xsl] N input nodes to specific number of ouput nodes
From: "Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:43:01 +0100

> I need to loop through some nodes and output exactly 10 output nodes, no
> matter how many input nodes there are.  If too few input nodes the ouput
> will just show "N/A" and if too many input nodes they will just be
> ignored.
>
> I can do the 'too many' with a for-each and a choose based on position()
> but don't get how the 'too few' scenario is handled.

In 2.0 just use "1 to 10", in 1.0 you will have to use a recursive
named template, a brute force approach (its only 10 so it's no big
deal), or iterate over some other nodeset with 10 elements in.


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