Gina_Marano wrote:

> ok, I will try to make an example:
> 
> 
> <parts>
>   <component>
>     <description>Item123_cover</description>
>     <color>white</color>
>     <weight>80</weight>
>   <component>
>   <component>
>     <description>Item123_block</description>
>     <weight>100</weight>
>     <pagecount>156</pagecount>
>   <component>
> </parts>
> 
> -note, the above can be in any order
> 
> generating:
> 
> <order>
>   <cover>
>     <color>white</color>
>     <case>(if Item123_block.weight = 100 then 'A' if
> Item123_block.weight = 80 then 'B')</case>
>   </cover>
>   <block>
>     <pagecount>156</pagecount>
>     <weight>100</weight>
>     <size>8x11</size>
>   </block>
> <block>
> 
> NOTE: the <cover><case> is dependant on the Item123_block's  weight.

I am not sure whether the contents of the case element is meant to be 
literal content you want to generate or some attempt to use a pseudo 
code language to show what you want.

In case that is meant literal then here is a stylesheet:

<xsl:stylesheet
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
   version="1.0">

   <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

   <xsl:template match="parts">
     <order>
       <xsl:variable name="b" select="component[contains(description, 
'block')]"/>
       <xsl:variable name="c" select="component[contains(description, 
'cover')]"/>
       <xsl:variable name="A" select="&quot;'A'&quot;"/>
       <xsl:variable name="B" select="&quot;'B'&quot;"/>
       <cover>
         <xsl:copy-of select="$c/color"/>
         <case>
           <xsl:value-of select="concat('(if ', $b/description,
'.weight = ', $b/weight, ' then ', $A, ' if ', $b/description,
'.weight = ', $c/weight, ' then ', $B, ')')"/>
         </case>
       </cover>
       <block>
         <xsl:copy-of select="$b/pagecount"/>
         <xsl:copy-of select="$b/weight"/>
         <size>8x11</size>
       </block>
     </order>
   </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>


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