Re: Q: Where to use XSLT functions like substring-before()?

> How would I use substring-before() (for example) to generate some text,
> something like this?
> 
> <xsl:element name="h1" value="substring-before('Mickey Mouse','e')"/>
> 
> yeilding:

'i before e, except after c' (except in weird and caffeine) :)

> <h1>Mick</h1>

What you want to construct is an element node 'h1' with a child text node
'Mick'.

<xsl:element name="h1">
  <xsl:value-of select="substring-before('Mickey Mouse','e')"/>
</xsl:element>

<h1>
  <xsl:value-of select="substring-before('Mickey Mouse','e')"/>
</h1>

   - Mike
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