loop in xsl

Hi all,

Sorry for the lame question but I have no time to experiment (ugly deadlines, y'know).

I have a bunch of coordinates in an XML file like

<point x="1" y="1"/>
<point x="3" y="3"/>
<point x="5" y="0"/>

I need to create lines from the previous data like:

<line x1="1" y2="1" x2="3" y2="3"/>
<line x="3" y="3" x2="5" y2="0"/>

The only problem is that I cannot see the previous sibling node to have 2 pairs of coordinates at the same time. I've tried the following-sibling and preceding-sibling keywords but neither of them worked for me. If someone could help in this particular problem, I would be grateful...

Thanks,
Tarzan

Howdy Tarzan-

How about not trying to loop it and just using apply-templates?

From your examp I made this xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mypoints>
<point x="1" y="1"/>
<point x="3" y="3"/>
<point x="5" y="0"/>
<point x="1" y="1"/>
<point x="3" y="3"/>
<point x="5" y="0"/>
</mypoints>

Then created this XSLT:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="mypoints">
<myNewTag>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</myNewTag>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="point">
<xsl:if test="following-sibling:oint/@x != &apos;&apos; ">
<line>
<xsl:attribute name="x">
<xsl:value-of select="@x"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="y">
<xsl:value-of select="@y"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="x2">
<xsl:value-of select="following-sibling:oint/@x"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="y2">
<xsl:value-of select="following-sibling:oint/@y"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</line>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

To get this output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<myNewTag>
<line x="1" y="1" x2="3" y2="3"/>
<line x="3" y="3" x2="5" y2="0"/>
<line x="5" y="0" x2="1" y2="1"/>
<line x="1" y="1" x2="3" y2="3"/>
<line x="3" y="3" x2="5" y2="0"/>
</myNewTag>

Hope this helps!!

Chinnman Out!!

Sorry. Didn't disable smilies so replace all tongue waggers with ":P"

Thanks,
TCM!!

Thanks a lot, chinnman! It really helped me out! I've had problems with understanding the "sibling"-thing as the previous examples I found were kinda rocket science to me Unlike your sample was clear, thanks again!

Tarzan

Uhh, I meant: "Unlike your sample, that was clear." Sorry!