xsl get array of elements - xslt

Question

Hi
I need get array of elements (before "-" if exist) by xsl.
xml is
<Cars>
<Car Trunck="511"/>
<Car Trunck="483-20"/>
<Car Trunck="745"/>
</Cars>
xsl is
<xsl:variable name="testarr">
<xsl:for-each select="//Cars//Car/#Trunck">
<xsl:value-of select="number(substring(.,1,3))" />
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:variable>
(i suppose that all numbers is three-digit number, if someone knows a solution for all conditions will be glad to hear the proposal)
if i do this
i get all numbers in one line: 511483745
and i need get them in array
because i also need get the max value
thanks

Answer 1

Hi I need get array of elements
(before "-" if exist) [...] i need get
them in array because i also need get
the max value
This stylesheet:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="/Cars/Car/#Trunck">
<xsl:sort select="concat(substring-before(.,'-'),
substring(., 1 div not(contains(.,'-'))))"
data-type="number" order="descending"/>
<xsl:if test="position()=1">
<xsl:value-of
select="concat(substring-before(.,'-'),
substring(.,1 div not(contains(.,'-'))))"/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
745
XPath 2.0 one line:
max(/Cars/Car/#Trunck/number(replace(.,'-.*','')))

Answer 2

You could use the substring-before and substring-after functions: See the excellent ZVON tutorial
http://zvon.org/xxl/XSLTreference/Output/function_substring-after.html
In your example you are only extracting the values (which are strings) which get concatenated. Perhaps you need to wrap the result in your own element
<xsl:for-each select="//Cars//Car/#Trunck">
<truck>
<xsl:value-of select="number(substring(.,1,3))" />
</truck>
</xsl:for-each>

Answer 3

While you have two good answers (especially that by #Alejandro), here's one from me that I think is even better:
This transformation:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text"/>
<xsl:param name="pTopNums" select="2"/>
<xsl:template match="/*">
<xsl:apply-templates select="*">
<xsl:sort data-type="number" order="descending"
select="substring-before(concat(#Trunck,'-'),'-')"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Car">
<xsl:if test="not(position() > $pTopNums)">
<xsl:value-of select=
"substring-before(concat(#Trunck,'-'),'-')"/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
when applied on this XML document (the originally provided one, slightly changed to be more challenging):
<Cars>
<Car Trunck="483-20"/>
<Car Trunck="311"/>
<Car Trunck="745"/>
</Cars>
produces the wanted, correct result (the top two numbers that are derived from #Trunck as specified in the question):
745
483