Re: [xsl] Testing for special characters

["Graeme Kidd" <coolkidd3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Woops silly me, I shouldn't try and learn new things when I am tired.
Anyway thanks again you have been a great help.

Graeme

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From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 4:27 PM
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [xsl] Testing for special characters

> > It picks up the bullet points no problem. I am still having 
> > difficulty selecting the previous node. So far I have thisL 
> > <xsl:value-of select="preceding-sibling::Child[1]" /> But it 
> > doesn't work.
>
> The preceding sibling in your example was called P, not Child.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 3:03 PM
> > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: RE: [xsl] Testing for special characters
> >
> > > Your test:
> > >
> > > <xsl:if test="P='. '">
> > >
> > > tests whether any child::P of the context node is equal to 
> > ". ". This 
> > > isn't very useful if you are positioned on the <Sect> 
> > element, and it 
> > > isn't at all useful if you are positioned on the "P" 
> > element. The most 
> > > likely explanation is that you are using this test "in the wrong 
> > > place".
> > >
> > > The problem has nothing to do with special characters (At least I 
> > > assume
> > > so:
> > > it's possible that the character in question is not really 
> > "." at all, 
> > > but some other character that has not made it through to the email).
> > >
> > > It's hard to propose a solution without seeing a wider selection of 
> > > the possible inputs that need to be processed.
> > >
> > > Michael Kay
> > > http://www.saxonica.com/
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Graeme Kidd [mailto:coolkidd3@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > >> Sent: 02 January 2009 14:36
> > >> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> Subject: [xsl] Testing for special characters
> > >>
> > >> Hi,
> > >> I have used  Adobe Acrobat to export a PDF as XML and I am 
> > wanting to 
> > >> convert it.
> > >> Sometime it displays an unordered list like this:
> > >>
> > >> <Sect>
> > >>     <P>List: </P>
> > >>     <P>Item 1; </P>
> > >>     <P>. </P>
> > >>     <P>Item 2; </P>
> > >>     <P>. </P>
> > >>     <P>Item 3; </P>
> > >>     <P>. </P>
> > >> </Sect>
> > >>
> > >> Which I am trying to convert to this:
> > >>
> > >> <Sect>
> > >>     <P>List:</P>
> > >>     <UL>
> > >>         <LI>Item 1; </LI>
> > >>         <LI>Item 2; </LI>
> > >>         <LI>Item 3; </LI>
> > >>     </UL>
> > >> </Sect>
> > >>
> > >> The best I can think of is to check if there is a bullet 
> > point then 
> > >> use the previous <P> node.  At the moment I am having trouble just 
> > >> checking if there is a bullet point as this doesn't seem to work:
> > >> <xsl:if test="P='. '">
> > >>
> > >> I am thinking it might be because it is a special character.
> > >> I have tried specifying the output as UTF-8 <xsl:output 
> > method="xml" 
> > >> indent="yes" encoding="UTF-8" />
> > >>
> > >> But that didn't seem to help, so does anyone else have any ideas?
> > >> Thanks