Re: [xsl] generic method of getting element length

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Edward:

At 06:27 PM 5/31/01, you wrote:
> I have an element that is of type xsd:string  I want to test if it is
> longer than a given vale, say 35.

Ah. That's just string-length(.), an abbreviation for 
string-length(self::node()). Gets you the string length of the context node.

Nice return, Mike.

--Wendell

> Michael Kay wrote:
> > What do you mean by "the length of an element"?


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