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RE: count element content length
Lainaus Jarno.Elovirta@nokia.com:
> Heppa,
>
> > Is there some method to count the elements content length and when
> > for example the 20th character is met, then it would stop showing
> > the rest and put ... after that. Because of my lowsy english, here
> > is one example:
> >
> > elements content:
> > <Subject id="0000000002">Chattaamaan city chattiin ke klo 12</Subject>
> >
> > the result should be:
> > <p>Chattaamaan city cha...</p>
>
> <xsl:template match="Subject">
> <p>
> <xsl:value-of select="concat(substring(., 1, 20),'...')" />
> </p>
> </xsl:template>
>
> But you might want to consider breaking the string at word boundary
You are right, but I am not at that level yet =)
But hey! If I do like Santtu suggested, the result is a bit wrong since
it adds "..." also to elements that are shorter than 20 characters. What to do?
Cheers Jarkko
>
> Cheers,
>
> Santtu
>
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