EXSLT - set:distinct - EXSLT Function Implementation

Supported Version: 1
XML Definition: set.distinct.xml
Source: set.distinct.function.xsl

Source

<exsl:function name="set:distinct">
   <xsl:param name="nodes"
              select="/.." />
   <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="not($nodes)">
         <exsl:result select="/.." />
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
         <xsl:variable name="distinct"
                       select="set:distinct($nodes[position() > 1])" />
         <exsl:result select="$distinct | $nodes[1][. != $distinct]" />
      </xsl:otherwise>
   </xsl:choose>
</exsl:function>

Change History

Submitted: 2001-03-28
Creator: Jeni Tennison(http://www.jenitennison.com)

Returns the nodes within the node set that have unique values.

Version	Modified	By	Details
1.1	2001-04-25	Jeni Tennison	Updated the description of the function to be more comprehensible (following Mike Kay's suggestion).
1.2	2001-05-08	Jeni Tennison	Added a description of how the template-equivalent to the function works.
1.3	2001-05-22	Jeni Tennison	Added vendor implementations in Saxon and 4XSLT Changed status to stable
1.4	2001-06-11	Jeni Tennison	Added vendor implementation in jd.xslt.
1.5	2002-08-20	Craig Stewart	Added Xalan-J implementation to the list.
1.6	2002-11-12	Craig Stewart	Updated 4XSLT version to 0.12.0a3.

Copyright

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