Re: [xsl] XSLT Table defination Question

[Joerg Heinicke <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>]

Use a recursive template:

<xsl:template match="element-with-text">
  <xsl:call-template name="chars">
    <xsl:with-param name="string" select="normalize-space()"/>
  </xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="chars">
  <xsl:param name="string" select="''"/>
  <xsl:param name="number-of-chars" select="20"/>
  <xsl:value-of select="substring($string, 1, 20)"/>-<br/>
  <xsl:if test="string-length($string) > 20">
    <xsl:call-template name="chars">
      <xsl:with-param name="string" select="substring($string, 21)"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

(untested)

Regards,

Joerg


Mehul Kishor Mehta wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have question about XSLT. I have table with many columns. I want to 
> restrict one of the table column no bigger that say 20 characters. But 
> the problem is value I am putting in from XML file may have words which 
> are longer than 20 characters and so table goes wide... !
> e.g if the word is testverylongstringgreaterthantwentychar .
> What happens is table goes wider.. and don't restrict it to 20 
> characters and rest show in next row..
> I would like to have output something as follows..
> testverylongstringic-
> hgreaterthantwentych-
> ar
>
> Here is the sample of table defination within XSLT
>
> <TABLE BORDER="true" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="4" WIDTH="98%">
>     <TR>
>         <TD WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#66cccc" HEIGHT="10">
>             <B><center>
>                 <FONT SIZE="2">
>                     Attribute Name
>                 </FONT>
>             </center></B>
>         </TD>
> </TABLE>
>
> Do anyone know anyway I can do what I need ? I would be more than happy 
> even if you point me to right place (if you know) for the question I have.
>
> Thanks a lot for your help,
> Mehul.


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