On Jul 27, 12:47=A0pm, Martin Honnen <mahotr...@yahoo.de> wrote:
> vanSkier wrote:
> > SOURCE DATA
> > -----------
>
> > <datasets>
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0<dataset set=3D"1">
> > =A0 =A0<data>Company 1</data>
> > =A0 =A0<data>Company 2</data>
> > =A0 =A0<data>Company 3</data>
> > =A0 =A0<data>Company 4</data>
> > =A0 =A0<data>Company 5</data>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0</dataset>
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0<dataset set=3D"2">
> > =A0 =A0<data>Company 1</data>
> > =A0 =A0<data>Company 2</data>
> > =A0 =A0<data>Company 5</data>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0</dataset>
>
> > </datasets>
>
> > RESULT DATA
> > -----------
>
> > <datasets>
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0<dataset set=3D"result">
> > =A0 =A0<data>Company 3</data>
> > =A0 =A0<data>Company 4</data>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0</dataset>
>
> > </datasets>
>
> Here is an XSLT stylesheet that produces the described result:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet
> =A0 =A0xmlns:xsl=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
> =A0 =A0version=3D"1.0">
>
> =A0 =A0<xsl:output method=3D"xml" indent=3D"yes"/>
>
> =A0 =A0<xsl:template match=3D"datasets">
> =A0 =A0 =A0<xsl:copy>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0<dataset set=3D"result">
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0<xsl:copy-of select=3D"dataset[@set =3D '1']/data[not(=
. =3D
> /datasets/dataset[@set =3D '2']/data)]"/>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0</dataset>
> =A0 =A0 =A0</xsl:copy>
> =A0 =A0</xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> --
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

Thank you very much Martin, I knew there had to be an elegant
alternative to the brute force approach that I was hatching.

Rod