Hi,

> I have the following XML structure.
>
> SOURCE:
> <table>
> 	<row1>
> 		<column seq="1">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="2">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="3">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="4">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="5">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="6">Value</column>
> 	</row1>
> 	<row2>
> 		<column seq="1">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="3">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="5">Value</column>
> 	</row2>
> </table>
>
> REQUIRED OUTPUT:
> <table>
> 	<row1>
> 		<column seq="1">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="2">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="3">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="4">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="5">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="6">Value</column>
> 	</row1>
> 	<row2>
> 		<column seq="1">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="2"/>
> 		<column seq="3">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="4"/>
> 		<column seq="5">Value</column>
> 		<column seq="6"/>
> 	</row2>
> </table>
>
> PROBLEM:
> <row1> can contain 1 or many <column> elements.
> <row2> can contain zero or many <column> elements. I want to output
> empty <column> elements so <row2> columns align with <row1>.

First count how many columns row1 contains, then go throught the row2 columns
with a recursive template, counting up from 1, and when ever you can't find a
maching column inside row2, generate an empty one.

Cheers,

Jarno