Re: [xsl] Exclude: Substring Starts-with ?

[Joerg Heinicke <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>]

Mike Ferrando wrote:
> Dear friends,
> Will this syntax (below) tell me if substring $C11n begins with an
> uppercase letter? 
> <xsl:when test="contains($C11, '[') or starts-with(translate($C11n,
> 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ', ''), 'X')">
> </xsl:when>

Hi Mike,

the answer is: no. You may not replace all uppercase letters with 
'nothing'. try

starts-with(translate($C11n, 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', 
              'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'), 'X')

Joerg

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