I am using XSLT 1.0Suppose I have an xml that has certain "num" elements that could be anywhere in an XML document like this :- \[code\]<elem1> <num>24</num></elem1><elem2> <description> <num>18</num> </description></elem2><elem3> <elem1> <num>36</num> </elem1></elem3>\[/code\]I want to convert it into :- \[code\]<elem1> <gcd multiple="4">6</gcd></elem1><elem2> <description> <gcd multiple="3">6</gcd> </description></elem2><elem3> <elem1> <gcd multiple="6">6</gcd> </elem1></elem3>\[/code\]Now I have a template that can compute gcd of two elements like this :- \[code\]<xsl:template name="gcd"> <xsl
aram name="x"/> <xslaram name="y"/> <!-- snipping code to compute gcd that goes here --></xsl:template>\[/code\]Given this template for a gcd, I'm guessing that I will have to do something like loop over the num elements like this :- \[code\]<xsl:variable name="global_gcd"> <xsl:for-each select="//ns0:num"> <!-- something probably goes here --> <!-- say a temporary value x=0 initially --> <!-- and then x = gcd (x, value of current node) --> </xsl:for-each></xsl:variable>\[/code\]And then I can purportedly use this variable in my template for "num" to generate the desired "gcd" element along with attribute. That too I can do. What should the above loop be like? If not a for-each, how would I actually compute the gcd of all the "num" elements in my XML document assuming I already have a working gcd template for two elements? I suppose this would be a lot easier if I had all the "num" elements as siblings or something but unfortunately I don't. The tree relationship between any two of these could potentially be arbitrary. The only thing I know, is that they all have the same name.
aram name="x"/> <xslaram name="y"/> <!-- snipping code to compute gcd that goes here --></xsl:template>\[/code\]Given this template for a gcd, I'm guessing that I will have to do something like loop over the num elements like this :- \[code\]<xsl:variable name="global_gcd"> <xsl:for-each select="//ns0:num"> <!-- something probably goes here --> <!-- say a temporary value x=0 initially --> <!-- and then x = gcd (x, value of current node) --> </xsl:for-each></xsl:variable>\[/code\]And then I can purportedly use this variable in my template for "num" to generate the desired "gcd" element along with attribute. That too I can do. What should the above loop be like? If not a for-each, how would I actually compute the gcd of all the "num" elements in my XML document assuming I already have a working gcd template for two elements? I suppose this would be a lot easier if I had all the "num" elements as siblings or something but unfortunately I don't. The tree relationship between any two of these could potentially be arbitrary. The only thing I know, is that they all have the same name.