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RE: generic method of getting element length
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] generic method of getting element length
- From: "Chris Bayes" <Chris at Bayes dot co dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 21:36:21 +0100
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Edward,
You lazy sod. Go read the f'ing spec http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath
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>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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