Subject: Re: [xsl] concatinating a varying number of whitespace characters From: Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:54:56 +0100 |
I have a quick question about the concat() function. I need to re-create a line from some XML, and the line should be of the format: <Type><whitespace><Tail>
where <Type> and <Tail> are known, and the <whitespace> needs to be detemined. <Tail> is always the same number of characters (i.e. 17) and <Type> can vary in length. Since a line is always 40 characters, I know that I need <Type> and <whitespace> to add up to 23 chars. Furthermore, I know I can determine the number of whitespace chars by subtracting string-length(Type) from 23 (which is 40 - length(tail)), but how can I use this within a concat?
Define a global parameter or variable with the maximum number of spaces e.g. <xsl:param name="forty-spaces" select="' '"/> then use substring to extract the number of spaces you need e.g. substring($forty-spaces, 1, 23 - string-length(Type))
Adil
Martin Honnen http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
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