Subject: Re: [xsl] Testing for a specific word in a string From: "Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:22:48 +0000 |
On 05/03/2008, Aaron Johnson <artpunx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi... > > I have a set of tests which assign various parameters. Sometimes the > string values are similar and require the same variable to be used. > > <xsl:when test="($tabName = 'Pilot')">pilotTab</xsl:when> > <xsl:when test="($tabName = 'Pilot 2')">pilotTab</xsl:when> > <xsl:when test="($tabName = 'Pilot 3')">pilotTab</xsl:when> > > Instead of replicating the test over and over, I would like to extend > the test to check for the word 'pilot' and so do away with repetition. > I have tried various ways including 'contains' and 'begins-with' but I > can't get it to work. I also looked at using subString but this seems > to always require two values....which might work for 'Pilot,*' but not > for 'Pilot'. contains($tabName, 'Pilot') ....should work fine - you don't mention why that doesn't work for you? You might prefer: 'Pilot' = tokenize($tabName, ' ') if you want match 'Pilot' as a word (and are using 2.0) -- Andrew Welch http://andrewjwelch.com Kernow: http://kernowforsaxon.sf.net/
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