"Martin Honnen" <mahotrash@y...> wrote in message
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> Ghena wrote:
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> > Please could you give me some web reference or some examples...
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> Here is a stylesheet that you could include
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> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet
>    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>    version="1.0">
>
> <xsl:template name="get-minimum">
>    <xsl:param name="nodes" />
>    <xsl:param name="current-minimum" select="number($nodes[1])" />
>    <xsl:variable name="head" select="$nodes[1]" />
>    <xsl:variable name="tail" select="$nodes[position() &gt; 1]" />
>    <xsl:choose>
>      <xsl:when test="$tail">
>        <xsl:call-template name="get-minimum">
>          <xsl:with-param name="nodes" select="$tail" />
>          <xsl:with-param name="current-minimum">
>            <xsl:choose>
>              <xsl:when test="$current-minimum &lt; $head">
>                <xsl:value-of select="$current-minimum" />
>              </xsl:when>
>              <xsl:otherwise>
>                <xsl:value-of select="$head" />
>              </xsl:otherwise>
>            </xsl:choose>
>          </xsl:with-param>
>        </xsl:call-template>
>      </xsl:when>
>      <xsl:otherwise>
>        <xsl:value-of select="$current-minimum" />
>      </xsl:otherwise>
>    </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:template>
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> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> Then where you want to find the minimum you do e.g.
>    <xsl:call-template name="get-mininum">
>      <xsl:with-param name="nodes" select="key('RouterList',Supplier)" />
>    </xsl:call-template>
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>

Have you ever tested the depth to which this sort recursion can be taken, is
there a limit?

Isn't the need to write such a monster for what elsewhere is a fairly basic
(even intrinsic) function indicative the perhaps XSL isn't a good choice
here?  XSL may form part of a useful solution but this sort of work should
be done somewhere else surely?


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