Sorry your function works fine!!! My mistake wa I overlooked..
Thanks
BR
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--- henry human <henry_human@xxxxxxxx> schrieb am Mo, 18.6.2012:

> Von: henry
human <henry_human@xxxxxxxx>
> Betreff: Re:  concat with unspecific
length
> An: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Datum: Montag, 18. Juni, 2012
16:29 Uhr
> hi Ken 
> For this sample I had your concat works correctly but if
the
> field one(Field1) is less than 10 characters long  the
> result is not
incorrect.
> The Fields must start ever at the same columns(in both
> samples
bellow):
> 
> wrong result
>   2000090691 0010 2000090690 0010 //xml1.Field1
has
> length 10(2000090691) 
>   TP000001 0010 2000090229 0010   //
>
xml2.Field1 has length 8(TP000001)
>   
> Correct result 
>   2000090691 0010
2000090690 0010   
>   TP000001   0010 2000090229 0010 
> 
> BR
> 
> 
> --- G.
Ken Holman <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> schrieb am Mo, 18.6.2012:
> 
> >
Von: G. Ken Holman <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Betreff: Re: 
concat with unspecific length
> > An: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>
"xslforum xslforum" <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Datum: Montag, 18.
Juni, 2012 15:50 Uhr
> > At 2012-06-18 14:39 +0100, henry
> > human wrote:
> >
>Hello
> > >I have following xml bellow and want to concat
> together
> > as
here:
> > >Field1 [from position 1, length varies] + " "
> [until
> > position
11] +
> > >Field2 [from position 12] + " " [until position
> 16]+
> > Field3
[from 
> > >position 17, length always 10] +
> > >" " [until position 27] +
Field4
> > >
> > >
> > >Input
> > ><Field1>2000090691</Field1>
> > >
> >
><Field2>0010</Field2>
> > >
> > ><Field3>2000090690</Field3>
> > >
> >
><Field4>0010</Field14>
> > 
> > Pad each field with spaces and then take what
you
> need:
> > 
> > concat(
> > substring(concat(Field1,'       
> >
   '),1,11),
> > substring(concat(Field2,'    '),1,5),
> >
substring(concat(Field3,'         
> > '),1,10),
> > Field4
> > )
> > 
> > I
hope this helps.
> > 
> > . . . . . . . . . . . Ken
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