Re: [xsl] String manipulation XSLT 1.0

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

pankaj.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Input
> ====
> <given-name>A.H.</given-name>
>
> Output
> ====
> <given-name>A. H.</given-name> <!--  Notice the space after A.  -->
>
> I tried using translate function
>
> <xsl:template match="given-name">
> <xsl:copy>
>     <xsl:value-of select="translate(.,'.','. ')"/> 
> </xsl:copy> 
> </xsl:template>
>
> But noticed that translate ignores space given to second argument after 
> dot (single character to single character).  So the result is same as it 
> is.

translate translates character by character. Maybe
       <xsl:value-of select="concat(substring-before(., '.'), '. ', 
substring-after(., '.'))"/>
does what you want but it depends on what kind of contents that 
given-name element can contain.
Or check http://exslt.org/ for a replace template for XSLT 1.0.



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