Re: [xsl] Eliminating leading zeros

["Mark Wilson" <drmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks,
98% of my problem was solved by your suggestion. Actually, the full senerio 
required some additional statements.

I put in a <xsl:if> test to determine whether the optional element 
<sortedItem> was present or not present (this solved my first set of 
problems), and if it was, I used an <xsl:choose> for <xsl:when> <sortedItem> 
contained only digits (this solved my second set of problems) and 
<xsl:otherwise> when it contained digits together with addition characters, 
as in

<sortedItem>05 (supl.)</sortedItem>

Without the <xsl:otherwise>, a NaN was returned. Thus my third set of 
problems, yet unsolved.

If  <xsl:value-of select="number(.)" /> renders properly when only digits 
are present, what would the code look like to render
<sortedItem> 05 (supl.)</sortedItem>
as
<renderedItem> 5 (supl.)</renderedItem>
That is, removing the leading zero in this case.

The actual additional text in <sortedItem> may vary, but the digits always 
come first and there is always a space after them. The text is usually,but 
may not always be, (supl.).

Again, thanks for the first bit of help.
Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Carlisle" <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: [xsl] Eliminating leading zeros


> number(.)
>
> David