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  • 1.  Re: [docbook-apps] Aligning numbers in table cells with xsl

    Posted 05-24-2012 06:24
    H Dave,
    Can you supply the custom parameters that your template is using? Thanks.

    Bob Stayton
    Sagehill Enterprises
    bobs@sagehill.net





  • 2.  Re: [docbook-apps] Aligning numbers in table cells with xsl

    Posted 05-25-2012 02:39
    I managed to (almost) fix the problem by adding a test for NaN to the
    string variable:

    <xsl:if test="(ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numbers' or
    ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numberstripe') and
    not(ancestor::d:thead or
    ancestor::d:tfoot) and preceding-sibling::d:entry and
    (string(number(.) != 'NaN'))">

    This however will not select any cells that have a number *and* a
    non-numeric string (such as greater than or less than signs: <1, or >20)
    - my test treats those cells as a string and not as a number. I now need
    to find how to convert < and > to a number so that the test
    selects cells with a number and a lt or gt sign.

    On 24-05-12 4:24 PM, Bob Stayton wrote:
    > <xsl:if test="(ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numbers' or
    > ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numberstripe') and
    > not(ancestor::d:thead or
    > ancestor::d:tfoot) and preceding-sibling::d:entry and
    > string(number(.))">

    --
    *Dave Gardiner*
    Xmplar
    info@xmplar.biz
    http://xmplar.biz
    Mob. 0416 833 993



  • 3.  RE: [docbook-apps] Aligning numbers in table cells with xsl

    Posted 05-25-2012 10:05
    Hi Dave,



    that should work with a straight forward xsl:choose statement and the XSL
    functions number(), string-length() and substring() to convert your string
    to a double.



    I.e. something like:



    <xsl:template name="StrToNumber">

    <xsl:param name="str" />

    <xsl:choose>

    <xsl:when test="starts-with($str, '<') or starts-with($str,
    '>')">

    <xsl:value-of select="number(substring($str,
    string-length('<X')))" />

    </xsl:when>

    <xsl:otherwise>

    <xsl:value-of select="number($str)" />

    </xsl:otherwise>

    </xsl:if>

    </xsl:template>



    Extensive testing is left to the reader. :-)



    Cheers,

    Dominik



    _____

    From: Xmplar [mailto:info@xmplar.biz]
    Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 4:39 AM
    To: Bob Stayton
    Cc: DocBook Apps
    Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Aligning numbers in table cells with xsl



    I managed to (almost) fix the problem by adding a test for NaN to the string
    variable:

    <xsl:if test="(ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numbers' or
    ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numberstripe') and
    not(ancestor::d:thead or
    ancestor::d:tfoot) and preceding-sibling::d:entry and
    (string(number(.) != 'NaN'))">

    This however will not select any cells that have a number and a non-numeric
    string (such as greater than or less than signs: <1, or >20) - my test
    treats those cells as a string and not as a number. I now need to find how
    to convert < and > to a number so that the test selects cells with a
    number and a lt or gt sign.

    On 24-05-12 4:24 PM, Bob Stayton wrote:

    <xsl:if test="(ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numbers' or
    ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numberstripe') and
    not(ancestor::d:thead or
    ancestor::d:tfoot) and preceding-sibling::d:entry and
    string(number(.))">



    --
    Dave Gardiner
    Xmplar
    info@xmplar.biz
    http://xmplar.biz
    Mob. 0416 833 993




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