RE: [xsl] Substring Misunderstood?

["Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>]

>
> <xsl:template match="employee">
>
>   <xsl:variable name="idvalue" select="id"/>
>
>   <xsl:variable name="idStr">
>     <xsl:if test="substring($idvalue,1)='1_1'">
>       &#160;&#160;<xsl:value-of select="id"/>
>     </xsl:if>
>   </xsl:variable>
>
>   <div align="left">
>     <xsl:value-of select="$idStr"/>
>     <xsl:value-of select="name"/> - <xsl:value-of select="position"/>
>   </div>
>
> </xsl:template>
>
> I had expected to get several lines of indented divs but
> instead I only get one!

I would expect you to get one <div> element for each <employee> processed.
The contents of the element are probably not what you want (someone else
pointed out that substring($x,1) is pointless), but if you're expecting
several <div> elements for one employee, then your expectations are wrong.

Mike Kay
Software AG


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