Re: [xsl] Removing leading zeros

[Nischal Muthana <nischal_muthana@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wendell 

Thanks for your time. Your solution works perfect to
just remove all the zeros in the given string. 

The one you mentioned does the following

000125000 -- 125
0012300  -- 123
01234 -- 1234

But I am looking at something which would remove
preceding zeros and retain the zeros after the no.

Eg.
000125000 -- 125000
0012300  -- 12300
01234 -- 1234

Thanks
Nischal

--- Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nischal,
> 
> Try the XPath function number($string) in your XSLT
> and see if it does what 
> you want. Since it turns any XPath object into a
> number, the leading zeros 
> won't appear.
> 
> If you need your number to be a string again (and
> you need to force it: for 
> most purposes it's unnecessary since XSLT will make
> the number a string 
> when it's passed and a string argument is required),
> try 
> string(number($string)). You won't get your leading
> zeros back.
> 
> Cheers,
> Wendell
> 
> At 06:58 PM 1/24/2003, you wrote:
> >Hi All
> >
> >I have a Java function which removes leading zeros
> >from a given string value and returns me the
> number.
> >
> >Eg.
> >
> >000125000 -- 125000
> >0012300  -- 12300
> >01234 -- 1234
> >
> >public static String removeLeadingZeros(String str)
> >         {
> >                 if (str == null)
> >                 {
> >                         return null;
> >                 }
> >                 char[] chars = str.toCharArray();
> >                 int index = 0;
> >                 for (; index < str.length();
> index++)
> >                 {
> >                         if (chars[index] != '0')
> >                         {
> >                                 break;
> >                         }
> >                 }
> >                 return (index == 0) ? str :
> str.substring(index);
> >         }
> >
> >Can someone help me build something like this in
> XSL.
> >I dont mean you to write for the script, but
> atleast
> >help me in taking thru what I have to do to get to
> >this.
> >
> >Appreciate your time.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Nischal
> >
> >
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