Re: [xsl] first question to the list: contains

["B. Kamer" <post@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jared,

xml can't contain & witout cdata?

<xsl:variable name="jpstr">
	<xsl:text><![CDATA[&amp;&#35;]]></xsl:text>
</xsl:variable>



On 2 nov 2007, at 23:22, Jared Stein wrote:

> Hi folks, I'm pretty new to XSL, at least to using it seriously for
> projects, and I've hit a snag that I can't seem to figure out. It's
> probably pretty simple, but I'm not 100% clear on how escaping works  
> in
> XSL.
>
> Basically we've got some decimal unicode Japanese characters in our  
> XML
> file, e.g. &#12360;.  I need to test for these inside of an element  
> so I
> can add a CLASS attribute to the DIV that will contain them. I'm
> confident there are no other unicode elements in the document, and  
> so I
> tried to do something as simple as this:
>
> <xsl:variable name="jpstr">
> 	<xsl:text>&amp;&#35;</xsl:text>
> </xsl:variable>
>
> <div>
> <xsl:if test="contains(wording,$jpstr)">
> 	<xsl:attribute name="class">
> 		<xsl:text>fs front jpns</xsl:text>
> 	</xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:if>
> ...etc
>
> If I change $jpstr's value to normal letters it works just fine, but
> for some reason I can't get it to detect  either &# or &amp;&#35;.   
> Any
> help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Jared Stein
>
>   Director of Instructional Design Services
>   Utah Valley State College, MS 149
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