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Subject: Re: translate function
From: abbouh <abbouh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:25:20 +0000
xsl translate function
no the problem isn't resolved yet.

Michael Kay a écrit :

> > the white space are &nbsp;
>
> I'm hope you are telling us that you have solved the problem, but just
> in case: space (x20) and NBSP (xa0) are different characters and one
> will not match the other.
>
> Michael Kay
>
> >
> > David Carlisle a écrit :
> >
> > >     is there any restriction i the translate function,
> > >     because i try to translate each escape in a sentence to '-'
> > >     so i use this instruction:
> > >     <xsl:value-of select="translate($caption_title,' ','-')"/>
> > >     but it wasn't translated well.
> > >     for example:
> > >     for <xsl:value-of select="translate('Figure 1.
> > >     Répartition des alimentations dans la baie SK (vue
> > avant)',' ','-')"/>
> > >     i get:
> > >     Figure-1.--Répartition des alimentations dans la baie
> > SK (vue avant)
> > >     but i should get :
> > >
> > > Figure-1.--Répartition-des-alimentations-dans-la-baie-SK-(vue-avant)
> > >
> > >
> > > Beware, your "for example" wasn't an example of the instruction you
> > > gave. If you put a literal string in an attribute value it will be
> > > subject to white space normalisation by the XML parser, so
> > for example
> > > you are correct that the newline after Figure 1. should be
> > converted
> > > to a -.
> > >
> > > However if that had been element content and you had defined
> > > $caption_title as the content of that element, it would not
> > have been
> > > normalised as an attribute value and so the newline would be a #10
> > > character and not translated to a -.
> > >
> > > You might want to check all your white space really are
> > sopaces, not
> > > newlines or tabs. (or add newline and tab to your translate
> > function,
> > > or apply normalize-space to get rid of them before translating)
> > >
> > > David
> > >
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