Hi guys,

Thank you very much, I can modify each easily to fit my needs. Once
again apreciate the help.

Spencer

On 5/31/05, Aron Bock <aronbock@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> With this input:
>
> <i>This<b>is</b>valid</i>
>
> This XSL:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso8859-1"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>     <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
>
>     <xsl:template match="/">
>         <data>
>             <xsl:apply-templates/>
>         </data>
>     </xsl:template>
>
>     <xsl:template match="text()[ancestor::i and not(ancestor::b)]">
>         <italic>
>             <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
>         </italic>
>     </xsl:template>
>
>     <xsl:template match="text()[ancestor::b[ancestor::i]]">
>         <bolditalic>
>             <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
>         </bolditalic>
>     </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> Produces:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <data>
>   <italic>This</italic>
>   <bolditalic>is</bolditalic>
>   <italic>valid</italic>
> </data>
>
> It looks only for text() nodes ... something you may need to augment.
>
> --A
>
> >I am using xslt to convert one xml to another importable xml.
> >Everything is going fine except for the fact that the program I am
> >importing into supports <italic>, and <bold>, but needs a <bolditalic>
> >when the both are together.
> >
> >My original xml file is used on the web so of course
> >
> ><i>This<b>is</b>valid</i>.
> >
> >I assume this can be done using the preceding-sibiling axis to achive
> >something along the lines of
> >
> ><italic>This</italic><bolditalic>is</boldItalic><italic>valid</italic>
>
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