Subject: Re: [xsl] Transforming portions of content or values From: "C Baines" <cbaines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 20:33:06 +0100 |
Thanks Rick I understand all apart from the bit about variables, which I have not used before. Please would you clarify where in the stylesheet I put the variables? Within the parent template? Also, not sure why the URL needs to be in variables as well? Thanks Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Taylor" <taylor@xxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [xsl] Transforming portions of content or values > > Charles, > > 1. There is not much difference in processing the XML to HTML in both of > the cases you provide. > You will probably need the company name and URL in global variables. > <xsl:variable name="companyName" select='XYZ'/> > <xsl:variable name="companyURL" select='www.xyz.com'/> > > Then in your template > You need to process the string 'Worked for XYZ Inc.' such that you > 1. get the substring before 'XYZ' > 2. process the XYZ > 3. get the substring after 'XYZ' > > <xsl:template match="experience"> > <xsl:value-of select="substring-before(.,$companyName)"/> > <a href="{$companyURL}"> > <xsl:value-of select="$companyName"/> > </a> > <xsl:value-of select="substring-after(.,$companyName)"/> > </xsl:template> > > 2. You can simply put one in. > <experience dates="1990 - 2000" company="Worked for XYZ Inc."> > > <xsl:template match="experience"> > <xsl:value-of select="@dates"/> > <xsl:text> </xsl:text> > <xsl:value-of select="@company"/> > </xsl:template> > > -rick > > At 09:08 AM 5/7/03 +0100, you wrote: > >Hi > > > >1. How do I transform a portion of text in an XML document so that I can > >nest it within hyperlink tags in an XSL stylesheet for HTML display, as > >follows? > > > >a. Content: > > > ><experience>Worked for XYZ Inc.</experience> > > > >transformed to HTML (where [XYZ] = hyperlink to www. xyz.com): > > > >Worked for [XYZ] Inc. > > > >b. Values: > > > ><experience dates="1990 - 2000" company="Worked for XYZ Inc."/> > > > >transformed to HTML (where [XYZ] = hyperlink to www. xyz.com): > > > >1990 - 2000 Worked for [XYZ] Inc. > > > >2. Which throws up another question: is it possible to insert a > >non-breaking space between text during the transformation e.g. between the > >2000 and the 'Worked' as above? > > > > > >Thanks > > > >Charles > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > Rick Taylor > XML Developer > PPDM Association > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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