Re: String comparison

Here's a  function:

<xsl:function name="wl:trdif">
  <xsl:param name="a" as="xsd:string"/>
  <xsl:param name="b" as="xsd:string"/>
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="string-length($a) = 0 or
                    substring($a,1,1) != substring($b,1,1)">
      <xsl:value-of select="$b"/>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
      <xsl:value-of select="wl:trdif(substring($a,2),substring($b,2))"/>
    </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:function>

<xsl:template match="row">
  <xsl:value-of select="wl:trdif(@a,@b)"/>
</xsl:template>

--------------Input:
<table>
  <row a="123456" b="123456"/>
  <row a="123456" b="12345Z"/>
  <row a="123456" b="1234Y6"/>
  <row a="123456" b="123X56"/>
  <row a="123456" b="12W456"/>
  <row a="123456" b="1V3456"/>
  <row a="123456" b="U23456"/>
</table>

--------------Output:

  Z
  Y6
  X56
  W456
  V3456
  U23456


On 24 September 2010 11:01, <pankaj.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Modified version compares upto 6 digits/characters. BUT I STILL BELIEVE
> there must be better way:
>
>
>    <xsl:template match="pages">
>          <xsl:copy>
>            <xsl:apply-templates select="./first-page"/>
>            <xsl:choose>
>                <xsl:when test="./last-page">
>                    <xsl:text>&#x2014;</xsl:text>
>                    <xsl:apply-templates select="./last-page"/>
>                </xsl:when>
>            </xsl:choose>
>        </xsl:copy>
>    </xsl:template>
>
>
> <xsl:template match="last-page">
> <xsl:copy>
>  <xsl:choose>
>    <xsl:when
> test="not(string-length(.)=string-length(preceding-sibling::first-page))
> or string-length(.)=1">
>         <xsl:apply-templates/>
>     </xsl:when>
>    <xsl:when test="string(.)=string(preceding-sibling::first-page)">
>         <xsl:apply-templates/>
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise>
>        <xsl:choose>
>            <xsl:when test="not(substring(.,2,1) =
> substring(preceding-sibling::first-page,2,1))">
>                   <xsl:value-of
> select="substring(.,2,string-length(.))"/>
>            </xsl:when>
>            <xsl:when test="not(substring(.,3,1) =
> substring(preceding-sibling::first-page,3,1))">
>                   <xsl:value-of
> select="substring(.,3,string-length(.))"/>
>            </xsl:when>
>            <xsl:when test="not(substring(.,4,1) =
> substring(preceding-sibling::first-page,4,1))">
>                   <xsl:value-of
> select="substring(.,4,string-length(.))"/>
>            </xsl:when>
>            <xsl:when test="not(substring(.,5,1) =
> substring(preceding-sibling::first-page,5,1))">
>                   <xsl:value-of
> select="substring(.,5,string-length(.))"/>
>            </xsl:when>
>            <xsl:when test="not(substring(.,6,1) =
> substring(preceding-sibling::first-page,6,1))">
>                   <xsl:value-of
> select="substring(.,6,string-length(.))"/>
>            </xsl:when>
>            <xsl:otherwise>
>                 <xsl:apply-templates/>
>            </xsl:otherwise>
>        </xsl:choose>
>   </xsl:otherwise>
>  </xsl:choose>
>  </xsl:copy>
>  </xsl:template>
>
>
>
>
>
> Ooooooooops, this seems to be not correct as it gives incorrect output for
>
> few cases.
>
> Thanks for reading anyway....... getting this done again.