Subject: Re: [xsl] Does XSLT contain an easy means of determining if a string contains a diacritic? From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:52:10 -0800 |
Can't you just use the translate(0 function (when all characters with diacritics are known)? On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Mark Wilson <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I need to render Czech language strings containing diacritics into strings > with the diacritics removed. The Czech alphabet has 16 lower case diacritics > and a somewhat smaller set of upper case diacritics. The strings are > expressed in B UTF-8. I do not need to retain case, but I must locate and > replace all diacritics. > > My only plan so far is construct a gigantic <xsl:choose> to find strings > containing at least one diacritic. Then I would need a gigantic <xsl:if> to > change each diacritic into its unaccented counterpart. > > I wonder if there is a simpler method for turning, for example, a word like > "SafarC-k" [S, r, C-] into Safarik? Any ideas or suggestions, > Thanks, > Mark > > -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. --------------------------------------- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk ------------------------------------- Never fight an inanimate object ------------------------------------- You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play ------------------------------------- I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath.
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