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Re: [xsl] finding out distinct node/values

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Hi,

> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" >
>  <xsl:template match="/">.
>    <xsl:for-each select="/table/rows/row/name">
>      <xsl:if test="not(. = preceding::name)">
>        <xsl:copy-of select="."/>

While this is perfectly fine, it's worth being aware that its On^2....
in other words, as n (the number of elements that are selected)
increases by 1, it will have to check every other element in the
set.... which means it will perform badly for large values of n.


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