Re: [xsl] Convert a node-set to a string

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David,

Try this:

<xsl:template match="Item">
  <Length>
    <xsl:value-of select="ext:someExtensionFunction(string(.))"/>
  </Length>
</xsl:template>

Cheers,
Wendell

On 3/25/2011 2:00 PM, David Frey wrote:
> <xsl:template match="Item"> <xsl:variable name="item" select="."/>
> <xsl:variable name="len" select="ext:someExtensionFunction($item)"/>
> <Length><xsl:value-of select="$len"/></Length> </xsl:template>
>
> The problem I think I am having is that my extension function expects
> a string, but I am passing it a node-set.  I want to convert the
> node-set to a string rather than changing the extension function to
> accept a node-set as a parameter.  Is this possible?


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