Re: [xsl] Special string manipulation

Subject: Re: [xsl] Special string manipulation
From: "Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 23:22:53 +0530
If you need an XSLT 1.0 solution, please try this..

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; version="1.0">

 <xsl:output method="text" />

 <xsl:variable name="caps" select="'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'" />

 <xsl:template match="/">
   <xsl:call-template name="walkString">
      <xsl:with-param name="string" select="SomeTag" />
   </xsl:call-template>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template name="walkString">
   <xsl:param name="string" />

   <xsl:choose>
     <xsl:when test="contains($caps, substring($string,1,1))">
       <xsl:text> </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="substring($string,1,1)" />
       <xsl:if test="not(substring($string,2) = '')">
         <xsl:call-template name="walkString">
           <xsl:with-param name="string" select="substring($string,2)" />
         </xsl:call-template>
       </xsl:if>
     </xsl:when>
     <xsl:otherwise>
       <xsl:value-of select="substring($string,1,1)" />
       <xsl:if test="not(substring($string,2) = '')">
         <xsl:call-template name="walkString">
           <xsl:with-param name="string" select="substring($string,2)" />
         </xsl:call-template>
       </xsl:if>
     </xsl:otherwise>
   </xsl:choose>
 </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

On 9/4/07, Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> With XSLT 2.0, you can do as following:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; version="2.0">
>
>  <xsl:output method="text" />
>
>  <xsl:template match="/">
>     <xsl:analyze-string
>         select="SomeTag"
>         regex="[A-Z][a-z]*">
>
>        <xsl:matching-substring>
>          <xsl:value-of select="." /><xsl:text> </xsl:text>
>        </xsl:matching-substring>
>        <xsl:non-matching-substring>
>          <xsl:value-of select="." /><xsl:text> </xsl:text>
>        </xsl:non-matching-substring>
>   </xsl:analyze-string>
>  </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> On 9/4/07, Meyer, Roland 1. (NSN - DE/Germany - MiniMD)
> <roland.1.meyer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > my XML file contains single strings with upper and lower letters and I
> > need to split them into several words, always just before the first
> > upper letter starts.
> >
> > Example:
> > <SomeTag>thisTextNeedToBeSplit</SomeTag>
> >
> > My output should look like:
> >
> > this Text Need To Be Split
> >
> > Is there any possibility to do this with XSL methods?
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Roland


-- 
Regards,
Mukul Gandhi

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