I have an XML doc that looks like this.
<Results>
<Name>Lab Asst1 </Name>
<Subject> Math </Subject>
<Marks>96</Marks>
<Grade>A</Grade>
<Name>Student1</Name>
<Subject>Math</Subject>
<Marks>90</Marks>
<Grade>A</Grade>
<Name>Student1</Name>
<Subject>English</Subject>
<Marks>70</Marks>
<Grade>B</Grade>
<Name>Lab Asst1 </Name>
<Subject> Science</Subject>
<Marks>99</Marks>
<Grade>A</Grade>
<Name>Student2</Name>
<Subject>Science</Subject>
<Marks>70</Marks>
<Grade>B</Grade>
</Results>
Using XSL, what is the simplest way to display, without showing the <Name>
element twice? I would like to display the Lab Asst1 results first, assuming there is a text box that uses this value (comes in from C# code):
Basically, something that does this part first:
User: <Name>
Your results are:
<table>
<tr>
<td> Subject </td>
<td> Marks </td>
<td> Grade </td>
</tr>
then call another template etc. or do a for-each or something....
<tr>
<td> <xsl:value-of select="Subject"/> </td>
<td> <xsl:value-of select="Marks"/> </td>
<td> <xsl:value-of select="Grade"/> </td>
</tr>
Such that my results appear like this:
User: Lab Asst1
Your results are:
Subject | Marks | Grade
-------------------------------------
Science| 99 | A
Math | 96 | A
User:Student1
Your results are:
Subject | Marks | Grade
-----------------------------
Math | 95 | A
English | 70 | B
User:Student2
Your results are:
Subject | Marks | Grade
-----------------------------
Math | 70 | B
This transformation:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:key name="kPersByName" match="Name" use="."/>
<xsl:key name="kData" match="*"
use="preceding-sibling::Name[1]"/>
<xsl:template match="/*">
<xsl:for-each select=
"Name[generate-id()
=
generate-id(key('kPersByName', .)[1])
]
">
<xsl:variable name="vData" select="key('kData', .)"/>
User: <xsl:value-of select="."/>
Your results are:
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td> Subject </td>
<td> Marks </td>
<td> Grade </td>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select="$vData[self::Subject]">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="following-sibling::Marks[1]"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="following-sibling::Grade[1]"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
when applied to the provided XML document:
<Results>
<Name>Lab Asst1 </Name>
<Subject> Math </Subject>
<Marks>96</Marks>
<Grade>A</Grade>
<Name>Student1</Name>
<Subject>Math</Subject>
<Marks>90</Marks>
<Grade>A</Grade>
<Name>Student1</Name>
<Subject>English</Subject>
<Marks>70</Marks>
<Grade>B</Grade>
<Name>Lab Asst1 </Name>
<Subject> Science</Subject>
<Marks>99</Marks>
<Grade>A</Grade>
<Name>Student2</Name>
<Subject>Science</Subject>
<Marks>70</Marks>
<Grade>B</Grade>
</Results>
produces the wanted, correct results:
User: Lab Asst1
Your results are:
<table border="1"> <tr>
<td> Subject </td>
<td> Marks </td>
<td> Grade </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Math </td>
<td>96</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Science</td>
<td>99</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
</table>
User: Student1
Your results are:
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td> Subject </td>
<td> Marks </td>
<td> Grade </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Math</td>
<td>90</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>English</td>
<td>70</td>
<td>B</td>
</tr>
</table>
User: Student2
Your results are:
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td> Subject </td>
<td> Marks </td>
<td> Grade </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Science</td>
<td>70</td>
<td>B</td>
</tr>
</table>
Do note:
The Muenchian method for grouping is used.
In XSLT 2.0 it is easier and more convenient to use the <xsl:for-each-group>
instruction.