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Re: upper case
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] upper case
- From: Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 13:11:23 -0400
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
John,
At 09:01 AM 8/21/01, you wrote:
><xsl:value-of
>select="translate($string,'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
>UVWXYZ')"/>
>
>is this the only way to make a string upper case?
No, but it's the canonical way.
> is it not very
>inefficient?
Inefficient how? With respect to the implementation, that depends on the
processor. With respect to the notation, it's inefficient in comparison to
Perl, but efficient in comparison to (say) assembler code. XSLT/XPath
syntax is not optimized for string handling.
Experienced XSLTers will commonly declare variables and do something like
<xsl:value-of select="translate($string, $lowercase, $uppercase)"/>
to alleviate a legibility/maintenance burden.
>my xml needs to support other languages, do i need to worry about letters
>with accents? do they have uppercase versions too?
Generally, yes. There was a thread on this stuff just recently: see
http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200108/msg00561.html.
Internationalization/localization issues are complex and not to be
comprehended in a short post or even a long one.
Cheers,
Wendell
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