Re: Newbie: using translate

Jarno,

Thanks again for the information.
I understand now.

Hugo Ferreira.

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From: <Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:16 AM
Subject: RE:  Newbie: using translate


> Hi,
>
> > Thanks a million for the answer. This solved my problem.
> > I am still confused though. You say that I cannot "alter
> > alter the value of $field."
>
> Yup, you can't change the value of a variable in XSLT once it's been
bound.
>
> > This line changes (read translates) the content of "$field" node
> >
> > <xsl:value-of select="translate($field, ',', '.')" />
>
> It doesn't change the value, it creates a new text node with the
translated value. if you do
>
>   <xsl:value-of select="translate($field, ',', '.')" />
>   <xsl:value-of select="$field" />
>
> the latter value-of will evaluate to the original value.
>
> > If however I want ot change the value of  $field variable,
> > how would I do that?
>
> You don't in XSLT.
>
> > Why the stupid question? I thought
> > that if
> >     $field = "A,text,string"
> >
> > then
> >     translate($field, ',', '.')
> >
> > would be equivalent to
> >     translate("A,text,string", ',', '.')
>
> They are equivalent, but the value of $field doesn't change. The
xsl:value-of evaluates the string value of the new text node created by the
translate function.
>
> Santtu
>
>
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