Re: AW: [xsl] character transformation, possible?

[Tony Graham <Tony dot Graham at ireland dot sun dot com>]

Marcus Klinge wrote at 16 May 2001 17:39:57 +0200:
 > You might want to try the string-function translate.
 > 
 > For example:
 > 
 > <xsl:value-of select="translate(EXAMPLE,'"\','&\\')"/>

That's wrong on several levels.  For starters, you can't have a bare
'&' in an attribute value.  Secondly, translate() only works character 
by character, so '"' will be translated to '&' and '\' will be
translated to '\'.

It's a good rule of thumb to check Dave Pawson's XSL FAQ before
posting any question.  (It even says so on the XSL-List's web page.)

See http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/stringreplace.html.

Regards,


Tony Graham
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