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  <RefEntryTitle>expand-children</RefEntryTitle>
  <RefMiscInfo Role="file">dblib.dsl</RefMiscInfo>
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  <RefName>expand-children</RefName>
  <RefPurpose>Expand selected nodes in a node list</RefPurpose>
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<RefSynopsisDiv><Title>Synopsis</Title>
<Synopsis>
(expand-children nodelist gilist)
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<RefSect1><Title>Description</Title>

<para>
Given a node-list, <literal>expand-children</literal> replaces all of the members
of the node-list whose GIs are members of <literal>gilist</literal> with 
<literal>(children)</literal>.
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<para>
This function can be used to selectively 
flatten the hierarchy of a document.</para>


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<RefSect1><Title>Example</Title>

<para>
Suppose that the node list is <literal>(BOOKINFO PREFACE PART APPENDIX)</literal>.
<literal>(expand-children nl ("PART"))</literal> might return
<literal>(BOOKINFO PREFACE CHAPTER CHAPTER APPENDIX)</literal>.
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<RefSect1><Title>Author</Title>

<para>
Norman Walsh, &lt;ndw@nwalsh.com&gt;
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<RefSect1><Title>Source Code</Title>

<ProgramListing>
(define (expand-children nodelist gilist)
  ;; Expand selected nodes in a node list
  (let loop ((nl nodelist) (result (empty-node-list)))
    (if (node-list-empty? nl)
	result
	(if (member (gi (node-list-first nl)) gilist)
	    (loop (node-list-rest nl) 
		  (node-list result (children (node-list-first nl))))
	    (loop (node-list-rest nl)
		  (node-list result (node-list-first nl)))))))
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