Re: Looping through attributes..

> > > Okay, I'm looping through attributes.  Now I need to determine if the
> > name
> > > of an attribute starts with a particular text expression.  I have the
> > > following (and it doesn't work):
> > >
> > > <xsl:for-each select="@*">
> > > <xsl:if test="starts-with(@,'S')">
> > > ...
> > > </xsl:if>
> > > </xsl:for-each>
> > >
> > > Am I close???
> >
> > Yes:
> >
> >    <xsl:for-each select="@*">
> >    <xsl:if test="starts-with(.,'S')">
> >    ...
> >    </xsl:if>
> >    </xsl:for-each>
> >
> > or even:
> >
> >    <xsl:for-each select="@*[starts-with(.,'S')]">
> >    ...
> >    </xsl:for-each>
>
> whoa -- i just noticed that the original poster asked to select
> those attributes whose *names* started with 'S', not whose values
> started with 'S'.
>
> in case that's what he wanted, just use "starts-with(name(.), 'S')"
> instead.  i think ...

Yes, you're right -- I replied without reading closely enough.  Glad to see
someone else did the same thing! ;-)

And since that's the case, local-name() might be more appropriate than
name().

What's that about great minds thinking alike...

Dave


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