Subject: [xsl] Using '$' in function arguments From: "Martinez, Brian" <brian.martinez@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 14:50:32 -0600 |
One of my team members just ran into an interesting problem. He's trying to use substring-after() to pull a number from XML input to format it as a currency amount: XML: <hotel-rate> <rate-rules> <rule> <name>Extra Charges</rule-name> <line>Roll-away bed</line> <line>Amount of charge: $15.0</line> </rule> </rate-rules> </hotel-rate> The problem is the number in the "Amount" line; it needs to be reformatted to read "15.00". So he tried: <xsl:variable name="extra-charge" select="substring-after(hotel-rate/rate-rules/rule[name='Extra Charges']/line[contains(.,'Amount of')], 'Amount of charge: $')"/> <xsl:value-of select="format-number($extra-charge,'$#.00')"/> The error seems to lie in the use of $ inside the search string argument for substring-after(). My only guess is that the processor (Xalan 2.5.something in this case) thinks it's a variable reference, but it shouldn't be treated as one when inside a literal string, correct? At any rate, if anyone has an idea how to escape this (or if you can think of a better way to write the above) I would appreciate it. thanks, b. | brian martinez brian.martinez@xxxxxxxxxxx | | lead gui programmer 303.708.7248 | | cheap tickets, part of trip network fax 303.790.9350 | | 6436 s. racine cir. englewood, co 80111 | | cendant travel distribution services http://www.cheaptickets.com/ | XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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