Subject: RE: [xsl] use of starts-with() From: "Matthew L. Avizinis" <mla@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:18:26 -0400 |
Thanks much. However, this solution only works if the string contains only the integer, parenthesis and space, i.e. without any other text. In the original question I asked if the string _starts with_ "#) " [#=some int]. In comparing this solution with David Carlisle's, his is the more general case. It was fun to work this out, though. Thanks for both your efforts. This was a good way to increase my skill a little more. (Although now that the solution is laid out in front of me, I see that half the solution was staring me in the face as an example all along on page 562 of XSLT Programmer's Reference, 2nd. I just couldn't see how to put the two halves together.) And on the remote chance anyone is interested in why I wanted to know this: My company had a number of outlines which were formatted in HTML. Since at that time we needed a list type of "#) followed_by_text" we had create a <ol style="list-type: none"> and insert the counting numbers as I outlined. Now, years later, we XHTML-ized the HTML, and are converting it to an XML-based publishing paradigm, but we only need the content from those lines not the "#) " at the start. Now with this eloquent little check, when all the <li> nodes are parsed the "#) " can be easily removed. Thanks again. Matthew L. Avizinis <mailto:mla@xxxxxxxxx> Gleim Publications, Inc. 4201 NW 95th Blvd. Gainesville, FL 32606 (352)-375-0772 ext. 101 www.gleim.com <http://www.gleim.com> > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Bayes > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 8:14 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [xsl] use of starts-with() > > > > Correct? > Maybe. Or > starts-with(translate(.,'123456789','000000000'),substring('000000)',8 - > string-length(.))) > > Ciao Chris > > XML/XSL Portal > http://www.bayes.co.uk/xml > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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