RE: [xsl] Q - Parsing & Manipulating Strings from XSL

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> One more thing... about this code :
> 
> <xsl:if test="substring(DaysOperates, ., 1) = 'Y'">
>  <xsl:attribute name="class">colorHighlighting</xsl:attribute>
>  </xsl:if>
> <xsl:text>M</xsl:text>
> 
> This (and 6 other instances of this code) is placed inside a
> <xsl:for-each select="AvailFlt"></xsl:for-each> statement. This
> AvailFlt tag contains the DayOperates tag...

In my 2.0 code I was iterating over (1 to 7), so "." was "1" the first time,
"2" the second, and so on. If you unfold the loop you must replace "." by
the numbers 1 to 7 in turn.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

> 
> But the test expression never evaluates to true.. where am I 
> going wrong..
> 
> Look forward to your reply,
> 
> Thanks & Best Regards,
> 
> Ahsan
> 
> On 5/29/05, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This way might seem a little strange, but should work:
> > 
> > At the top-level of your stylesheet specify:
> > 
> >    <xsl:decimal-format name="time" grouping-separator=":"/>
> > 
> > then where you want to do the conversion write:
> > 
> >    <xsl:value-of select="format-number(., '00:00', 'time')"/>
> > 
> > Not tested.
> > 
> > Michael Kay
> > http://www.saxonica.com/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ahsan Ali [mailto:doubleletter@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 29 May 2005 15:35
> > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [xsl] Q - Parsing & Manipulating Strings from XSL
> > >
> > > Dear Michael,
> > >
> > > Thanks for your quick & helpful reply. To answer your question:
> > >
> > > If the time is 12:45 it is returned as 1245.
> > > If it is 01:50 it is returned as 150
> > > If it is 00:45 it is returned 45
> > > if it is 00:04 it is returned as 4 !
> > >
> > > So that's why I want to pad the beginning of string with 
> 0s until its
> > > length is 4.
> > >
> > > Its a strange way to do it, but as I said, I have to make the
> > > best of it.
> > >
> > > Also, I'm sorry to say I'm not very familiar with 
> XQuery... what does
> > > $in have to be replaced with ? I'm getting an error.. 
> FYI, the data is
> > > given as <JrnyTm>150</JrnyTm>
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Ahsan
> > >
> > > On 5/29/05, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >  A soap response contains a complex hierarchy of data, in
> > > which, if
> > > > > the departure time is 00:45 hours then it is represented
> > > as 45 ! To
> > > > > make matters worse, the schema defines it as a 
> string. I have no
> > > > > influence over the schema since I'm querying a
> > > webservice. So I need
> > > > > to pad that 45 with 0s and of course add that colon. Is
> > > there a way I
> > > > > can do that in XSL ?
> > > >
> > > > Of course, but first one needs to know how other times are
> > > represented. Is
> > > > 01:30 represented as "01:30", as "0130", as "90", or in
> > > some other way? And
> > > > is 00:05 represented as "5" or as "05"?
> > > > >
> > > > >  Furthermore, in the same repsonse, I have a string 
> of the format
> > > > > YYYYNYY [chars may be either Y or N], also 
> respresented as a free
> > > > > format string. This represents the days of the week 
> starting from
> > > > > Sunday...  Now I need to take each char, and replace 
> it with a <TD
> > > > > color="green">S</TD> if it is Y, and <TD>S</TD> if it is N.
> > > > >
> > > > >  Anyway I can do that in XSL ?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sure. In XSLT 2.0 do
> > > >
> > > > <xsl:for-each select="1 to 7">
> > > >   <TD>
> > > >     <xsl:if test="substring($in, ., 1) = 'Y'">
> > > >       <xsl:attribute name="color">green</xsl:attribute>
> > > >     </xsl:if>
> > > >     <xsl:text>S</xsl:text>
> > > >   </TD>
> > > > </xsl:if>
> > > >
> > > > In 1.0 the simplest solution is probably simply to unfold
> > > the loop, i.e.
> > > > repeat the content of the above for-each loop seven times
> > > changing the
> > > > second argument of substring() each time.
> > > >
> > > > Michael Kay
> > > > http://www.saxonica.com/