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Re: generic method of getting element length
is that actually part of XPath?
Wendell Piez wrote:
>
> Edward:
>
> At 06:27 PM 5/31/01, you wrote:
> >I have an element that is of type xsd:string I want to test if it is
> >longer than a given vale, say 35.
>
> Ah. That's just string-length(.), an abbreviation for
> string-length(self::node()). Gets you the string length of the context node.
>
> Nice return, Mike.
>
> --Wendell
>
> >Michael Kay wrote:
> > > What do you mean by "the length of an element"?
>
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