RE: [xsl] count element content length

[Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx]

Heppa,

> Is there some method to count the elements content length and when 
> for example the 20th character is met, then it would stop showing 
> the rest and put ... after that. Because of my lowsy english, here
> is one example:
> 
> elements content:
> <Subject id="0000000002">Chattaamaan city chattiin ke klo 12</Subject>
> 
> the result should be:
> <p>Chattaamaan city cha...</p>

<xsl:template match="Subject">
  <p>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat(substring(., 1, 20),'...')" />
  </p>
</xsl:template>

But you might want to consider breaking the string at word boundary

Cheers,

Santtu

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