RE: Maipulating text string data in XML file with XSL

Ross,
There are many ways to do this but they might be difficult to get to
grips with if you are a beginner. As you are familiar with perl have a
look at the regex functions at exslt.org. There are also date time
handling functions there.

Ciao Chris

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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Ross Kendall
> Sent: 28 September 2001 09:35
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> Subject:  Maipulating text string data in XML file with XSL ??
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I want to do some simple manipulation of some data in an XML 
> file, however because I don't have a lot of XSLT experience I 
> not sure if I can use it to achieve what I want.  I can 
> easily achieve what I want with perl, but I'm trying to avoid that.
> 
> Here is what a bit of data looks like in the XML file:
> 
> <draw date="2001-9-26" value="3-14-15-17-19-47-(5)" 
> prizes="0,0,0,0,0" />
> 
> In the transformed document I want to change the presentation 
> of the 'date' and the 'value' to be something like this:
> 
> <date>Wednesday, 26 September 2001</date>
> <numbers>03 14 15 17 19 47<numbers/>
> <bonus>05</bonus>
> 
> Thanks in advance to any kind person who responds.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ross Kendall
> Technical Developer
> Affinity Internet Holdings
> e: rkendall@xxxxxxxxx
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