Re: Selecting First Letter

<xsl:template match="text()">
  <xsl:variable name="initial" select="substring(.,1,1)">
  <b><xsl:value-of select="$initial"/></b>
  <xsl:value-of select="substring-after(.,$initial)"/>
</xsl:template>

Cheers,
Wendell

I would like to be able to select the
first letter of the first text node
within a hierarchy, e.g., the "S" here:

  <content>
    <p><a href="...">Some</a> Text</p>
  </content>

and create a new element with that letter
while keeping the rest of the structure
as is, e.g:

  <content>
    <p><a href="..."><b>S</b>ome</a> Text</p>
  </content>

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