On 10/20/2010 04:58 PM, Roy MacLean wrote: > Brilliant. > > Furthermore, I can return a nodeset with ids that share a common prefix (or > other substring): > <f:macro><![CDATA[=`//*[starts-with(@id,$idprefix)]`]]></f:macro> > > If I had <ph> or <stentry> elements with ids all starting, say, "value", > then it becomes very easy to sum (or otherwise aggregate) these. It's a bit > of work to set up ids according to some useful scheme, but this could > obviously be done in a template. > > You could even go further and use regular expression matching on ids (or > other attributes). >
We have added a number of XPath extension functions to XXE. Among them, boolean matches(string input, string pattern, string flags?) See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/xpathextfunc.html This extension function almost certainly works in the context of the spreadsheet. > regards > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Roy MacLean -- IT Training & Technical Writing > http://roymaclean-it.co.uk > [email protected] > 07 956 474 911 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hussein Shafie [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 20 October 2010 13:37 > To: Roy MacLean > Cc: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: [XXE] Spreadsheet formulas in DITA topic > > > On 10/20/2010 01:07 PM, Roy MacLean wrote: >> >> Just to clarify: >> -- the ids referenced in XXE formulas must be IDs, not just NMTOKENs >> -- non-topic/map elements in DITA have @id of type NMTOKEN > > Yes. > > >> -- but in XHTML, @id is of type ID > > Yes, and the same in DocBook 4 (@id) and 5 (@xml:id). > > >> -- I could package up the XPath search for @id in a custom function - say, >> element(id). > > Yes, simply add: > > --- > <spreadsheetFunctions location="custom_spreadsheet_functions.xml" /> > --- > > to your customize.xxe and add attached custom_spreadsheet_functions.xml > file in the directory containing customize.xxe and you are done. > > custom_spreadsheet_functions.xml is: > --- > <f:functions xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; > xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; > xmlns:f="http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/schema/spreadsheet/functions";> > > <f:function> > <f:name>element</f:name> > <f:parameters>id</f:parameters> > <f:category>Custom</f:category> > <f:description> > <body> > <p>Returns a nodeset containing all the elements > (generally a single element) > having specified "id" attribute.</p> > </body> > </f:description> > <f:macro><![CDATA[=`//*...@id=$id]`]]></f:macro> > </f:function> > > </f:functions> > -- > > It has been created using XXE after installing the "XMLmind XML Editor > Configuration Pack" add-on. Documentation of this add-on: > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/addons_doc.html#xxe_config_pack > > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16120) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16120) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > > -- > XMLmind XML Editor Support List > [email protected] > http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support > > -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
