Re: [xsl] Last name first

Subject: Re: [xsl] Last name first
From: Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:20:34 +0000
On 30/01/2012 17:51, Jacob L wrote:
All,


I am using<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" .If in the input XML file, the text in the<p>has a name such as

<p> Aaron S. Williams</p>

and I want the last name to come first, seperated by comma like this

<p> Williams, Aaron S.</p>

Is it possible using xslt?
It's certainly possible if you can specify precisely what the rules are: for example, what you want to happen to names like Herbert von Karajan or Ralph Vaughan Williams. If all your names are in the simplified American format of John X. Doe then it's fairly easy, but with real names occurring in the real world it's much harder (regardless of what programming language you choose).

Michael Kay
Saxonica

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