Re: [xsl] generic method of getting element length

[Edward Kennedy <ekennedy at mitre dot org>]

thank you

By brand I was referring to different implementations.  For example,
Saxon has additional functionalities because they are useful, but they
are not part of the spec.  For my customers I have to try to stay within
the w3c specs.


"Clapham, Paul" wrote:
> 
> XSLT has a "string-length" function that gives you the length of a string.
> I don't know what the length of an element might be.
> 
> There's only one "brand" of XSLT, and it's the one specified by the Working
> Group that specifies these things.  There is a similar language produced by
> Microsoft before XSLT was finalized; it is similar in many respects, but
> there is no point in trying to write transformations that will work in both
> languages.
> 
> PC2
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Kennedy [mailto:ekennedy@mitre.org]
> Sent: May 30, 2001 11:46
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: [xsl] generic method of getting element length
> 
> Anyone know of a generic method og getting the length of an element
> within a transformation?
> I know that some brands of XSLT have a length method, but is there a way
> that would work for all
> brands?
> 
> Thanks
> 
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