Removing following sibling same element name

[samueln12]

Hi All,

I want to remove the immediate following sibling element name

For e.g.

<def-item>
  <term id="G1">CGRP</term>
  <abr-rel-sym style="inline">&#x02009;</abr-rel-sym>
  <abr-rel-sym style="inline">=</abr-rel-sym>
  <abr-rel-sym style="inline">&#x02009;</abr-rel-sym>
  <def>
    <p>Calcitonin gene-related peptide</p>
  </def>
</def-item>

to

<def-item>
  <term id="G1">CGRP</term>
  <abr-rel-sym style="inline">&#x02009;=&#x02009;</abr-rel-sym>
  <def>
    <p>Calcitonin gene-related peptide</p>
  </def>
</def-item>

Can any one help me how to do this

Thanks
Sam

[Dormilich]

do you want to use XSLT or any programming language?

[samueln12]

I want to use XSLT, thanks for your help in advance

[jkmyoung]

Something like:

<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:if test="name() != name(preceding-sibling::*[1])">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:copy-of select="@*">
      <xsl:value-of select="."/>
      <xsl:if test="name() = name(following-sibling::*[1])">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::*[1]" mode="merge"/>
      </xsl:if>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*" mode="merge"><!-- don't copy element, only it's contents. -->
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

[samueln12]

Wait i will test and let you know