Example 2 of <xsl:if>
Another way to separate the names by commas is to check a name to see if it is the first. In some circumstances this performs better than Example 1 of <xsl:if> , because the last()
function requires that the entire set of names be found and counted, while this approach does not.
Note To test this example, you need to use a script. For more information, see Initiate XSLT in a Script.
XML File (names.xml)
Use the names.xml listing in Example 1 of <xsl:if>
, but edit the href
attribute to point to ifcomma2.xsl.
XSLT File (ifcomma2.xsl)
<?xml version='1.0'?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" > <xsl:template match="namelist/name"> <xsl:if test="position()!=1">, </xsl:if> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>
Output
This is the formatted output:
Albert, Terrance, Will, Sylvia, Timothy, Gordon, James, Robert, Dan, Sasha
This is the processor output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>Albert, Terrance, Will, Sylvia, Timothy, Gordon, James, Robert, Dan, Sasha