RE: [xsl] count element content length

[Jarkko.Moilanen@xxxxxx]

Hi!

Thank U for this piece of information =)

Jarkko

> Heppa,
> 
> > You are right, but I am not at that level yet =)
> > But hey! If I do like Santtu suggested, the result is a bit 
> > wrong since
> > it adds "..." also to elements that are shorter than 20 
> > characters. What to do?
> 
> <xsl:template match="Subject">
>   <p>
>     <xsl:value-of select="concat(substring(., 1, 20), substring('...', 1
> div (string-length(.) > 20), 3))" />
>   </p>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> It uses the Becker method for adding the '...' the string length is
> greater than 20. See the archives or e.g. Jeni's book for further
> explanation.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Santtu
> 
>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> 
> 



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