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Posted: **Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:37 am**

Hi,

I need an idea how to write a transformation for the following xml Dokument

<names>
<name>Jeffrey</name>
<name>George</name>
<name>Mike</name>
</name>

so that, when I use fop, the following line is created.

Jeffrey, George, Mike.

My problem is, that behind every name a comma is set, but behind the last one a dot.

I tried to do it like this:

<xsl:template match="names">
<fop:block>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fop:block>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="name">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>,
</xsl:template>

but as you can see, this version sets a comma after every name, even after the last one.

Thanks a lot for any ideas, how to solve this problem.

Posted: **Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:15 pm**

Hi,

You can check if there is a following sibling name element and in that case output comma, otherwise output the dot.
Something like:

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<xsl:template match="name">

    <xsl:value-of select="."/>

    <xsl:choose>

        <xsl:when test="following-sibling::name">

            <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>

        </xsl:when>

        <xsl:otherwise>

            <xsl:text>.</xsl:text>

        </xsl:otherwise>

    </xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

Best Regards,
George

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