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Re: Transforming portions of content or values

Subject: Re: Transforming portions of content or values
From: "C Baines" <cbaines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 08:18:15 +0100
content of values
Thanks for your help Rick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Taylor" <taylor@xxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 9:11 PM
Subject: Re:  Transforming portions of content or values


> You don't necessarily have to create variables.  You could hard code the
> company name and URL into the template. It just limits what you can do
with
> the template.  You could also use parameters and then have the ability to
> pass in different company names and urls.  I am assuming that you don't
> have the URL values within the source XML.
>
>       <xsl:template match="experience">
>         <xsl:value-of select="substring-before(.,'XYZ')"/>
>           <a href="www.xyz.com">
>              <xsl:value-of select="'XYZ'"/>
>           </a>
>         <xsl:value-of select="substring-after(.,'XYZ')"/>
>      </xsl:template>
>
> In order to access the variable in any template,  you must define it
> globally (outside of a template).
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>
> <xsl:variable name="companyName" select="'XYZ'">
>   or as a parameter
> <xsl:param name="companyName" select="'XYZ'">
> ......
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
> At 08:33 PM 5/7/03 +0100, you wrote:
> >Thanks Rick
> >
> >I understand all apart from the bit about variables, which I have not
used
> >before.
> >
> >Please would you clarify where in the stylesheet I put the variables?
Within
> >the parent template?
> >Also, not sure why the URL needs to be in variables as well?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Charles
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Rick Taylor" <taylor@xxxxxxxx>
> >To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 4:58 PM
> >Subject: Re:  Transforming portions of content or values
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Charles,
> > >
> > > 1.  There is not much difference in processing the XML to HTML in both
of
> > > the cases you provide.
> > > You will probably need the company name and URL in global variables.
> > > <xsl:variable name="companyName" select='XYZ'/>
> > > <xsl:variable name="companyURL" select='www.xyz.com'/>
> > >
> > > Then in your template
> > > You need to process the string 'Worked for XYZ Inc.' such that you
> > > 1. get the substring before 'XYZ'
> > > 2. process the XYZ
> > > 3. get the substring after 'XYZ'
> > >
> > >       <xsl:template match="experience">
> > >         <xsl:value-of select="substring-before(.,$companyName)"/>
> > >           <a href="{$companyURL}">
> > >              <xsl:value-of select="$companyName"/>
> > >           </a>
> > >         <xsl:value-of select="substring-after(.,$companyName)"/>
> > >      </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > 2.  You can simply put one in.
> > > <experience dates="1990 - 2000" company="Worked for XYZ Inc.">
> > >
> > >       <xsl:template match="experience">
> > >         <xsl:value-of select="@dates"/>
> > >         <xsl:text>&#160;</xsl:text>
> > >         <xsl:value-of select="@company"/>
> > >      </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > -rick
> > >
> > > At 09:08 AM 5/7/03 +0100, you wrote:
> > > >Hi
> > > >
> > > >1.    How do I transform a portion of text in an XML document so that
I
> >can
> > > >nest it within hyperlink tags in an XSL stylesheet for HTML display,
as
> > > >follows?
> > > >
> > > >a.    Content:
> > > >
> > > ><experience>Worked for XYZ Inc.</experience>
> > > >
> > > >transformed to HTML (where [XYZ] = hyperlink to www. xyz.com):
> > > >
> > > >Worked for  [XYZ] Inc.
> > > >
> > > >b.    Values:
> > > >
> > > ><experience dates="1990 - 2000" company="Worked for XYZ Inc."/>
> > > >
> > > >transformed to HTML (where [XYZ] = hyperlink to www. xyz.com):
> > > >
> > > >1990 - 2000    Worked for [XYZ] Inc.
> > > >
> > > >2.    Which throws up another question: is it possible to insert a
> > > >non-breaking space between text during the transformation e.g.
between
> >the
> > > >2000 and the 'Worked' as above?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Thanks
> > > >
> > > >Charles
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  XSL-List info and archive:
http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> > >
> > > Rick Taylor
> > > XML Developer
> > > PPDM Association
> > >
> > >
> > >  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> > >
> >
> >
> >  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
>
> Rick Taylor
> XML Developer
> PPDM Association
>
>
>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
>


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