say have xml file looks this:
<books> <book> <name>book 1</name> </book> <book> <name>book 2</name> </book> <book> <name>book 3</name> </book> <book> <name>book 4</name> </book> <book> <name>book 5</name> </book> <book> <name>book 6</name> </book> <book> <name>book 7</name> </book> <book> <name>book 8</name> </book> <book> <name>book 9</name> </book> <book> <name>book 10</name> </book> </books> and have xsl-fo looks this:
<xsl:template match="books" mode="table"> <fo:table border="1pt solid black" table-layout="fixed" width="100%" font-size="11pt"> <fo:table-body border="inherit"> <xsl:for-each-group select="book" group-ending-with="book[position() mod 5 = 0]"> <fo:table-row table-layout="fixed" border="inherit"> <xsl:for-each select="current-group()"> <fo:table-cell border="inherit" padding-left="5px" padding-top="1px" padding-bottom="1px"> <fo:block> <xsl:value-of select="name" /> </fo:block> </fo:table-cell> </xsl:for-each> <xsl:for-each select="0 (5 - count(current-group())-1)"> <fo:table-cell border="inherit"> <fo:block> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> </fo:block> </fo:table-cell> </xsl:for-each> </fo:table-row> </xsl:for-each-group> </fo:table-body> </fo:table> </xsl:template> right now, code creates table 5 columns displays name of each of books in xml file. first, for-each-group partitions list 5 (or less, if there no more left) books, first for-each-select places book names in table, while second for-each-select figures out if there empty positions in table, , puts non-breaking spaces fill in last few columns.
the resulting table looks this:
this fine , dandy, want able specify number of columns in table, instead of using current hardcoded value of 5. if instead supply xml file looks this...
<books> <cols>3</cols> /* list of books */ </books> is there way able use cols node specify number of columns want see in resulting table? if not, there better way accomplish i'm looking for?
i think necessary use variable this:
<xsl:template match="books" mode="table"> <xsl:variable name="cols" select="xs:integer(cols)"/> then, use variable in select statements, this:
<xsl:for-each-group select="book" group-ending-with="book[position() mod $cols = 0]"> and
<xsl:for-each select="0 ($cols - count(current-group())-1)"> 
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