Subject: RE: [xsl] concatinating a varying number of whitespace characters From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:10:25 -0000 |
The easiest way to do this is using substring. Create a string containing more space characters than you will ever need (40?), and then use substring($fortySpaces, 1, $n) to create a string of $n spaces. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Adil Ladhani [mailto:dillio@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 19 March 2008 16:39 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] concatinating a varying number of whitespace characters > > Hi XSL gurus, > > 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? > > Sorry if this is unclear, I can clarify if necessary. > > Thanks, > > Adil
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