XSLT(14) Grouping

Grouping Syntax

<xsl:for-each-group
  select = expression
  group-by = "string expression"
  group-adjacent = "string expression"
  group-starting-with = pattern>
  <!-- Content: (xsl:sort*, content-constructor) -->
</xsl:for-each-group>

• The select attribute selects the population to be grouped.

• The group-by attribute calculates a string value for each node in the population. Nodes with the same value are grouped together.

• The group-adjacent attribute calculates a string value for each node in the population. Every time the value changes, a new group is started.

• The group-starting-with starts a new group every time its pattern is matched.

• group-by, group-adjacent, and group-starting-with are mutually exclusive.

Functions:

current-group()

Returns the contents of the current group selected by xsl:for-each-group

current-grouping-key()

Returns the value that is the grouping key of the current group selected by xsl:for-each-group.