Re: [xsl] URL encoding

[Mike Brown <mike@xxxxxxxx>]

J.Pietschmann wrote:
> Zakon, Stuart wrote:
> > Is there a function or combination of functions in XSLT that will help in
> > URL encoding?  I have blank spaces in a string that is part of a URL and I
> > want to escape them with '%20'. The translate function doesn't work here
> > because it is doing character substitution, not string substitution.
> 
> Ther is no built-in function, but there are various solutions
> available as libraries. Check out EXSLT and Dimitre Novatchevs
> FXSL. The XSLT FAQ has also hints, for example look at
>     http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/replace.html#d59e39

Here's a pure XSLT solution:
  http://skew.org/xml/stylesheets/url-encode/

It assumes you will use it only on the pieces of the URI that you know
might need to be escaped.

   - Mike
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