Re: Peculiar Problem in .xsl file

Chandra - wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>   I am trying to print out a html file with a date in words, given date in a 
> xml file in number format
> XSL file:
> <xsl:variable name='month' select='substring ($date, 5, 2)'/>
> 	<xsl:choose>
> 		<xsl:when test='$month=01'>
> 			<xsl:text>January </xsl:text>
> 		</xsl:when>

You're right, it ought to work.

Since =01 is the same as =1 (you didn't put the number in quotes, so it's a
number, not a string), there's no need for the leading zero.. perhaps you
meant "01" (with quotes). Shouldn't matter, though.. the string comparison
should not provide different results than the numeric comparison.

<xsl:value-of select="'01'=1"/>
and
<xsl:value-of select="'01'=01"/>
should both give you 'true' ... do they? If not, what XSLT processor are
you using? File a bug report!


Meanwhile, try this solution:

<xsl:variable name="months" select="'January  February March    April    May      June     July     August   SeptemberOctober  November December '"/>
<xsl:value-of select="concat(normalize-space(substring($months,1+9*(substring($date,5,2)-1),9)),' ')"/>


Mike

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