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Subject: RE: [xsl] Looping over characters in a string
From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:00:18 +0100

> Is it possible to loop over characters in a string?  For 
> example, I want:
> 
> XML: <tag>value</tag>
> 
> HTML: XXXXXvalue
> (5 X's, 1 for each character of 'value')
>
Use the //* trick:

<xsl:for-each select="//*[position() &lt;= string-length(tag)">
  <xsl:text>X</xsl:text>
</xsl:for-each>
<xsl:value-of select="tag"/>
 
Mike Kay
Software AG

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[xsl] Looping over characters in a string Theodore Weatherly - Wed, 9 May 2001 20:57:00 -0700 Jarno Elovirta - Thu, 10 May 2001 09:12:44 +0300 Jeni Tennison - Thu, 10 May 2001 09:14:24 +0100 Michael Kay - Thu, 10 May 2001 12:00:18 +0100 <= <Possible follow-ups> Dan Diebolt - Thu, 10 May 2001 19:40:41 -0700 (PDT) Jeni Tennison - Fri, 11 May 2001 07:54:03 +0100 David Carlisle - Fri, 11 May 2001 10:54:32 +0100 Stefan M. Ritter - Fri, 11 May 2001 13:57:50 +0200

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[xsl] Looping over characters in a string
- Theodore Weatherly - Wed, 9 May 2001 20:57:00 -0700
  - Jarno Elovirta - Thu, 10 May 2001 09:12:44 +0300
  - Jeni Tennison - Thu, 10 May 2001 09:14:24 +0100
  - Michael Kay - Thu, 10 May 2001 12:00:18 +0100 <=
  - <Possible follow-ups>
  - Dan Diebolt - Thu, 10 May 2001 19:40:41 -0700 (PDT)
    - Jeni Tennison - Fri, 11 May 2001 07:54:03 +0100
      - David Carlisle - Fri, 11 May 2001 10:54:32 +0100
      - Stefan M. Ritter - Fri, 11 May 2001 13:57:50 +0200

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