Subject: RE: [xsl] Testing for special characters From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:27:19 -0000 |
> It picks up the bullet points no problem. I am still having > difficulty selecting the previous node. So far I have thisL > <xsl:value-of select="preceding-sibling::Child[1]" /> But it > doesn't work. The preceding sibling in your example was called P, not Child. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 3:03 PM > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: [xsl] Testing for special characters > > > Your test: > > > > <xsl:if test="P='. '"> > > > > tests whether any child::P of the context node is equal to > ". ". This > > isn't very useful if you are positioned on the <Sect> > element, and it > > isn't at all useful if you are positioned on the "P" > element. The most > > likely explanation is that you are using this test "in the wrong > > place". > > > > The problem has nothing to do with special characters (At least I > > assume > > so: > > it's possible that the character in question is not really > "." at all, > > but some other character that has not made it through to the email). > > > > It's hard to propose a solution without seeing a wider selection of > > the possible inputs that need to be processed. > > > > Michael Kay > > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Graeme Kidd [mailto:coolkidd3@xxxxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: 02 January 2009 14:36 > >> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [xsl] Testing for special characters > >> > >> Hi, > >> I have used Adobe Acrobat to export a PDF as XML and I am > wanting to > >> convert it. > >> Sometime it displays an unordered list like this: > >> > >> <Sect> > >> <P>List: </P> > >> <P>Item 1; </P> > >> <P>. </P> > >> <P>Item 2; </P> > >> <P>. </P> > >> <P>Item 3; </P> > >> <P>. </P> > >> </Sect> > >> > >> Which I am trying to convert to this: > >> > >> <Sect> > >> <P>List:</P> > >> <UL> > >> <LI>Item 1; </LI> > >> <LI>Item 2; </LI> > >> <LI>Item 3; </LI> > >> </UL> > >> </Sect> > >> > >> The best I can think of is to check if there is a bullet > point then > >> use the previous <P> node. At the moment I am having trouble just > >> checking if there is a bullet point as this doesn't seem to work: > >> <xsl:if test="P='. '"> > >> > >> I am thinking it might be because it is a special character. > >> I have tried specifying the output as UTF-8 <xsl:output > method="xml" > >> indent="yes" encoding="UTF-8" /> > >> > >> But that didn't seem to help, so does anyone else have any ideas? > >> Thanks
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