Michael and Wendell,
Thanks for the responses.  I have used Muenchian grouping, but am stuck on
doing it for multiple levels.  I hadn't seen Jeni's post (on her site) on
that topic, so I'll work with that for now.

Thanks,
AWK

On 1/2/04 6:43 PM, "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This looks like a fairly standard grouping problem. You haven't really
> made it clear what you've tried and why you're stuck - are you already
> using Muenchian grouping, as described at
> www.jenitennison.com/xslt/grouping, or are you a raw beginner?
> 
> Michael Kay
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> Andrew Kirkpatrick
>> Sent: 02 January 2004 21:30
>> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject:  Nested grouping question
>> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> I've been grappling with this for a while and hope someone
>> can offer some suggestions.
>> 
>> I've got an XML file organized in one way that I'm trying to
>> convert to match the organization of other files that I deal
>> with.  I want the file hierarchy to be:
>> 
>> <game>
>>     <state>
>>         <user/>
>>     </state>
>> </game>
>> 
>> There are many games, states, and users.
>> 
>> The file that I'm trying to convert is organized by user.  I
>> can do grouping to determine the states and games, but it
>> seems like I need to do redundant grouping to do the
>> conversion.  Has anyone does anything similar?  I've got
>> samples of the input XML and the desired XML below.  Any
>> suggestions are appreciated...
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> AWK
>> 
>> 
>> INPUT XML:
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>> <report>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Bill</name>
>>         <state>MT</state>
>>         <game>Halo</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Joe</name>
>>         <state>NJ</state>
>>         <game>Halo</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Joe</name>
>>         <state>NJ</state>
>>         <game>PGR 2</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Joe</name>
>>         <state>MT</state>
>>         <game>Halo</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Jim</name>
>>         <state>AZ</state>
>>         <game>PGR 2</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Bill</name>
>>         <state>IN</state>
>>         <game>XIII</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Sue</name>
>>         <state>IN</state>
>>         <game>Halo</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Kim</name>
>>         <state>AZ</state>
>>         <game>PGR 2</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Pat</name>
>>         <state>AZ</state>
>>         <game>XIII</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Ed</name>
>>         <state>AZ</state>
>>         <game>PGR 2</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Neo</name>
>>         <state>MT</state>
>>         <game>Halo</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Mary</name>
>>         <state>IN</state>
>>         <game>Halo</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Jen</name>
>>         <state>MT</state>
>>         <game>XIII</game>
>>     </user>
>>     <user>
>>         <name>Thor</name>
>>         <state>NJ</state>
>>         <game>XIII</game>
>>     </user>
>> </report>
>> 
>> 
>> DESIRED OUTPUT XML:
>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>> <report>
>>   <game title="Halo">
>>     <state name="MT">
>>         <user name="Bill"/>
>>         <user name="Joe"/>
>>         <user name="Neo"/>
>>     </state>
>>     <state name="NJ">
>>         <user name="Joe"/>
>>     </state>
>>     <state name="IN">
>>         <user name="Sue"/>
>>     <user name="Mary"/>
>>     </state>
>>   </game>
>>   <game title="PGR 2">
>>     <state name="AZ">
>>         <user name="Jim"/>
>>         <user name="Kim"/>
>>         <user name="Ed"/>
>>     </state>
>>     <state name="NJ">
>>         <user name="Joe"/>
>>     </state>
>>   </game>
>>   <game title="XIII">
>>     <state name="MT">
>>         <user name="Jen"/>
>>     </state>
>>     <state name="NJ">
>>         <user name="Thor"/>
>>     </state>
>>     <state name="IN">
>>         <user name="Bill"/>
>>     </state>
>>     <state name="AZ">
>>         <user name="Pat"/>
>>     </state>
>>   </game>
>> </report>
>> 
>> 
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