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Re: Q: Where to use XSLT functions like substring-before()?
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- Subject: Re: Q: Where to use XSLT functions like substring-before()?
- From: Mike Brown <mike at skew dot org>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 08:43:45 -0600 (MDT)
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
> How would I use substring-before() (for example) to generate some text,
> something like this?
>
> <xsl:element name="h1" value="substring-before('Mickey Mouse','e')"/>
>
> yeilding:
'i before e, except after c' (except in weird and caffeine) :)
> <h1>Mick</h1>
What you want to construct is an element node 'h1' with a child text node
'Mick'.
<xsl:element name="h1">
<xsl:value-of select="substring-before('Mickey Mouse','e')"/>
</xsl:element>
<h1>
<xsl:value-of select="substring-before('Mickey Mouse','e')"/>
</h1>
- Mike
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Mike J. Brown, software engineer, Webb Interactive Services
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