Re: [xsl] Question on search and replace in XSL

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are you stuck with XSLT 1.0 or is XSLT 2.0 available to you?

Your current code is already creating two columns ... do you want the 
new code to create three columns or an embedded table of two columns 
in the second column of your old code?

Is the current APName something like the following?

   <APName>field 1; field 2</APName>

If so, then how do you want the final output with "Adverse Party:" included?

. . . . . . . . Ken

At 2012-04-04 21:17 +0000, Peterson, Melanie S. wrote:
> Hi - I have an XSL template that's used to format an email message 
> and I need to change the formatting.  I did the original formatting, 
> but I haven't touched it in at least 2 years and I'm way beyond 
> rusty with XSL.  I'm hoping someone can give me a hand.  Here's the issue:
>
> I currently get data from our database with two fields separated by 
> semi-colons.  The semi-colons are currently replaced in the template 
> by a <br/>, so the two fields appear one on top of the other.  What 
> I need to do is change this so that they appear next to each other 
> in a tabular format.  So now the email looks like this, assuming two 
> records one with two fields xxx and yyy and the second with two 
> fields zzz and www:
>
> xxx
> yyy
>
>
> zzz
> www
>
> What I want is:
>
> xxx       yyy
> zzz       www
>
> Here's my current code:
>
> ....
> <tr>
> <td valign="top" width="180">Adverse Party:</td>
> <td valign="top" style="font-weight:normal">
>               <xsl:apply-templates select="APName" />
> </td>
> </tr>
> ....
>
>
> <xsl:template name="APNameSplit">
>   <xsl:param name="text" select="string('')"/>
>   <xsl:param name="find" select="string(';')"/>
>   <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="$find = ''">
>       <xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:when test="contains($text,$find)">
>       <xsl:value-of select="substring-before($text,$find)"/>
>       <br/>
>       <xsl:call-template name="APNameSplit">
>         <xsl:with-param name="text" select="substring-after($text,$find)"/>
>         <xsl:with-param name="find" select="$find"/>
>       </xsl:call-template>
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise>
>       <xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
>     </xsl:otherwise>
>   </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="APName">
>   <xsl:call-template name="APNameSplit">
>     <xsl:with-param name="text" select="."/>
>     <xsl:with-param name="find" select="string(';')"/>
>   </xsl:call-template>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Can anyone give me a hand on how to begin?


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