Re: [xsl] Calculations involving measurements with units

["Paul A. Hoadley" <paulh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 11:08:38PM +1030, Paul A. Hoadley wrote:

> <xsl:variable name="upper-margin"
> select="concat(number(translate($page-height, translate($page-height,
> '0123456789.', ''), '')) div 3.75, translate($page-height,
> '012345679.', ''))"/>

How can I neaten this up?  I've written two templates:

  <xsl:template name="getUnits">
    <xsl:param name="input"/>
    <xsl:value-of select="translate($input, '012345679.', '')"/>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template name="stripUnits">
    <xsl:param name="input"/>
    <xsl:value-of select="translate($input, translate($page-height,
                          '012345679.', ''), '')"/>
  </xsl:template>

This would seem to only _increase_ the verbosity of what I have quoted
above, since now I can't call the templates inside the 'select' of the
variable declaration.  What is the standard idiom here?


-- 
Paul.

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