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RE: Pad a string
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 18:43:17 +0100
- Subject: RE: [xsl] Pad a string
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
> I would like to output this as:
>
> 2002-05-02 ... This is the title ................ 18
> 2002-05-01 ... This is the second title ......... 12
> 2002-05-01 ... This is the third title .......... 5
>
> I've been unable to find a simple way in XSL to do the padding that
> I want. I can live without the space at the beginning and end of
> the ....
>
substring(concat(' ... ', title, ' ...................................'), 1,
25))
(or whatever the correct number is).
Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
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