Re: [xsl] Extracting part of a string

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

Fatbob wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> Given the following XML node
>
> <Field value="1956-01-12 (53 y)" name="age" />
>
> or
>
> <Field value="2008-07-14 (1 y)" name="age" />
>
> Is there an XSL function that will extract only with is in between the
> brackets?
>
> The user just wants to see 53 y, not the birth date.

  <xsl:template match="Field">
    <xsl:value-of
select="substring-before(substring-after(@value, '('), ')')"/>
  </xsl:template>
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