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RE: Converting number to ASCII-character
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] Converting number to ASCII-character
- From: "Chris Bayes" <chris at bayes dot co dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:42:59 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
Andre,
It's early Monday morning. I am sure he meant concat('&#', $number,
';') which produces A which displays in the browser as A
Ciao Chris
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com] On Behalf Of
> Mengel Andre (FV/SLM) *
> Sent: 24 September 2001 10:04
> To: 'xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com'
> Subject: AW: [xsl] Converting number to ASCII-character
>
>
> Dear Michael,
>
> first of all thank you for the fast response refering
> to my question.
>
>
>
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Michael Kay [mailto:mhkay@iclway.co.uk]
> > Gesendet: Montag, 24. September 2001 10:29
> > An: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> > Betreff: RE: [xsl] Converting number to ASCII-character
> >
> >
> > > I have a variable, which contains a number and I want to
> output the
> > > appropriate
> > > ASCII- charater.
> > > For example
> > >
> > > <xsl:variable name = "number" select = "65"/>
> > >
> > > should output an A.
> > > Is there a function or something similar to solve this issue ?
> >
> > The closest equivalent is:
> > <xsl:value-of select="concat('&', $number, ';')"
> > disable-output-escaping="yes"/>
> > which works because Unicode character values are a superset
> of ASCII.
> >
>
> this seemed to be the best solution for me. But the xsl:value
> element outputs the following:
>
> &65;
>
>
>
> > If you want to avoid d-o-e, you can
> > (a) escape into an extension function
> > (b) use
> >
> > <xsl:variable name="ascii">
> > !"#$%^....abcde...ABCDE....</xsl:variable>
> > <xsl:value-of select="substring($ascii, $number - 31, 1)"/>
> >
> > Mike Kay
> >
> > XSL-List info and archive:
> http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> >
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