Subject: Re: [xsl] string length From: Mike Brown <mike@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:22:43 -0600 (MDT) |
Eric Schenfeld wrote: > I would like to access the last letter of a string. The XPath spec contains a String Functions section that you will find helpful. http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#section-String-Functions Yes, there is a string-length function. > The purpose is to format numbers as 21st, 35th, 87th and so on. Something like this (untested code): <xsl:variable name="num" select="'21'"/> <!-- for example --> <xsl:variable name="lastChar" select="substring($num,string-length($num))"/> <xsl:variable name="formattedNum"> <xsl:value-of select="$num"/> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="$lastChar='1'">st</xsl:when> <xsl:when test="$lastChar='2'">nd</xsl:when> <xsl:when test="$lastChar='3'">rd</xsl:when> <xsl:when test="not(translate($lastChar,'4567890',''))">th</xsl:when> </xsl:choose> </xsl:variable> <xsl:value-of select="concat('unformatted: ',$num,' formatted: ',$formattedNum)"/> - Mike ____________________________________________________________________________ mike j. brown, fourthought.com | xml/xslt: http://skew.org/xml/ denver/boulder, colorado, usa | personal: http://hyperreal.org/~mike/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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