Re: [xsl] translating and commenting punctuation [XSLT1.0]

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

pankaj.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I am trying to translate "," in text to new line while keeping a copy of
> it in comment. Some thing like below:
>
> XML
> ===
>
> <mytext>xxxx, yyyy, zzzzz, ttttt</mytext>
>
> Output Required
> ==========
>
> <mytext>xxxx<!--,-->
>   yyyy<!--,-->
>   zzzzz<!--,-->
>   ttttt</mytext>

Your subject says XSLT 1.0 so here is an XSLT 1.0 approach:

<xsl:stylesheet
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
  version="1.0">

  <xsl:template name="replace">
    <xsl:param name="text"/>
    <xsl:param name="char" select="','"/>
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="not(contains($text, $char))">
        <xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:value-of select="substring-before($text, $char)"/>
        <xsl:comment>
          <xsl:value-of select="$char"/>
        </xsl:comment>
        <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
        <xsl:call-template name="replace">
          <xsl:with-param name="text" select="substring-after($text, 
$char)"/>
          <xsl:with-param name="char" select="$char"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="mytext">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:call-template name="replace">
        <xsl:with-param name="text" select="."/>
      </xsl:call-template>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
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	Martin Honnen
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