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Re: xslt replace special characters

Subject: Re: xslt replace special characters
From: Greg Faron <gfaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:48:11 -0700
xsl replace amp
Alice,

It sounds like your user interface is one where the user types in an URL string. You could offer additional fields if they need to enter multiple name/value pairs (the only reason for an ampersand to appear in an URL). Then your xsl could construct the final URL, adding the '?' if any name/value pairs exist, and then outputting them with your own '&amp;' and '=' characters placed between them.

Sample XML (constructed from text fields):
<userURL>
  <baseURL>http://www.someplace.com/dir/page.htm</baseURL>
  <pair>
    <name>arg1</name>
    <value>value1</value>
  </pair>
  <pair>
    <name>arg2</name>
    <value>value2</value>
  </pair>
  <pair>
    <name>arg3</name>
    <value>value3</value>
  </pair>
</userURL>

Relevant XSL:
<xsl:template match="userURL">
  <xsl:value-of select="baseURL"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="pair"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="pair">
  <xsl:if test="position() = 1">
    <xsl:text>?</xsl:text>
  </xsl:if>
  <xsl:value-of select="name" />
  <xsl:text>=</xsl:text>
  <xsl:value-of select="value" />
  <xsl:if test="position() != last()">
    <xsl:text>&amp;</xsl:text>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

Greg

At 08:20 PM 11/10/2002, you wrote:
so the user has to input &amp; or &3038; if their url consisys of an '&'.



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