XSLT Cookbook
by Sal Mangano

The following corrections were made to the 12/03 reprint:

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem



[4]  1st para of last XSL code example;
<xsl:template ="substring-before-last">

NOW READS: 
<xsl:template name="substring-before-last">


(6)  
line 3: 'recuse' NOW READS 'recurse'

line 17: 'through' NOW READS 'throw'

line 24: 'occurances' NOW READS 'occurences'



[9]  in comment;
IN the comment starting <!-- Swap the recursive application ... 
the "if" HAS BEEN CHANGED to "of"



(19)  1st para below example 1.7, in the first sentence of the para.:
'virutally' HAS BEEN CHANGED to 'virtually' 



(20)  in comment;
The comment <!-- Handle the part that comes befor the current...

NOW READS:
<!-- Handle the part that comes before the current...



(27)  halfway down in solution;
'The top-level element xsl:decimal-format is establishes ...' 

NOW READS:
'The top-level element xsl:decimal-format establishes ...'



{30}  top of page in code;
The xsl:variable numCols iwass set to 4 in example 2-3. 

That line of code NOW READS:
<xsl:variable name="numCols" select="3"/>


(36)  last paragraph above Discussion heading;
... then chopping of the last character

NOW READS
... then chopping off the last character



{39}  section 2.3 solution;
Terminating </xsl:stylesheet> HAS BEEN ADDED.


{43}  in code for math:abs;
Spurious '"' </xsl:choose> HAS BEEN DELETED.


(95) IN PRINT: 1st paragraph;
"nineth"

NOW READS:
"ninth"


[122] IN PRINT: throughout;
"visa versa" 

NOW READS:
"vice versa"



[238] 8th line 
To test if node-set1 is a subset of node-set2:

<xsl:if test="count($node-set1|node-set2)=count($node-set1)">

To test if node-set1 is a proper subset of node-set2:

<xsl:if test="count($node-set1|node-set2)=count($node-set1)
              and count($node-set1) > count($node-set2)">

NOW READS:
To test if node-set2 is a subset of node-set1:

<xsl:if test="count($node-set1|node-set2)=count($node-set1)">

To test if node-set2 is a proper subset of node-set1:

<xsl:if test="count($node-set1|node-set2)=count($node-set1)
              and count($node-set1) > count($node-set2)">



[619] middle of the page in example code - 
<xsl:call-template name="generic:aggregation">

NOW READS: 
<xsl:call-template name="generic:reverse-aggregation">