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Re: finding a bracket: "{"
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] finding a bracket: "{"
- From: Oliver Becker <obecker at informatik dot hu-berlin dot de>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:10:41 +0200 (MET DST)
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
> I've got the following Element:
>
> <Name>feeding{3adff2455fdd}</Name>
>
> The "{" is not at a fixed position.
> Now how do I get the part of the string before "{" with XSLT?
> I've tried using the substring-before(.,'{') function, but it doesn't work,
> because "{" is sort of a control character. I've also tried writing "{" as hex
> value and as CDATA in the substring-before() function, but it still doesn't
> work.
May I ask which processor you're using?
The following
<xsl:template match="Name">
<element att="{substring-before(.,'{')}">
<xsl:value-of select="substring-before(.,'{')" />
</element>
</xsl:template>
works without problems with xt, saxon, oracle and xalan.
Cheers,
Oliver
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