Splitting a String Request

Dear Friends,
Could someone give me the syntax for splitting a string?

What I have presently is:

<PERSNAME ENCODINGANALOG="100$a" ROLE="cmp">Abbott, Frank</PERSNAME>

What I would like is:
<PERSNAME ENCODINGANALOG="100$a" ROLE="cmp" NORMAL="Abbott,
Frank">Frank Abbott</PERSNAME>

It is possible that there might be an inverted title in these names:
(Mrs.; Miss; Sir; Mme.; Lady)

<PERSNAME ENCODINGANALOG="700$a" ROLE="lyr">Shacklock, C. L.,
Mrs.</PERSNAME>

What I would like would be:
<PERSNAME ENCODINGANALOG="700$a" ROLE="lyr" NORMAL="Shacklock, C. L.,
Mrs.">C. L. Shacklock, Mrs.</PERSNAME>

The best thing to do might be to first search out all the names with
titles and make a list. Run the xsl style sheet and then go back and
edit or correct this small group of names. That might make the whole
style sheet less complicated.

I was thinking that it would be nice if I could retain the UTF-8
coding (André instead of the usual output of &eacute;). Would it
be a problem to use copy-of instead of value-of, since I am going to
split a string?

Thanks,
Mike Ferrando
Washington, DC









--- Mike Ferrando <mikeferrando@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- Michael Kay <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I would like to select all names that have initials not
> seperated
> > by
> > > a space. Such as:
> > >
> > > A.A. Peters
> >
> > You mean, all strings containing a dot followed immediately by a
> > capital
> > letter?
> > 
> > Then try:
> > 
> >   test="contains(translate($s, 'ABCDE...Z', 'A'), '.A')"
> 
> Mike,
> I found an expression for exactly what I was looking for in your
> book. 1st edition p. 514 bottom of the page under Substring.
> 
> Now my xsl reads like this:
>   
> <xsl:variable name="qq">.</xsl:variable>
>   <xsl:for-each select="//C03//CORPNAME">
>     <xsl:variable name="getit" select="."/>
>     <xsl:variable name="pvnum" select="..//@ID"/>
>       <xsl:choose>
>         <xsl:when test="contains($getit, $qq) and
> substring(substring-after($getit, $qq), 2, 1)=$qq">
>           <TR>
>             <TD><xsl:value-of select="."/></TD>
>           </TR>
>         </xsl:when>
>       </xsl:choose>
>   </xsl:for-each>
> 
> I got it and it works. I am a little bleary-eyed (small font!), but
> thanks.
> 
> Mike F.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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