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Re: generic method of getting element length

Subject: Re: generic method of getting element length
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 14:05:08 +0100
Re:  generic method of getting element length
Edward:

At 06:27 PM 5/31/01, you wrote:
I have an element that is of type xsd:string  I want to test if it is
longer than a given vale, say 35.

Ah. That's just string-length(.), an abbreviation for string-length(self::node()). Gets you the string length of the context node.


Nice return, Mike.

--Wendell

Michael Kay wrote:
> What do you mean by "the length of an element"?


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