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Perhaps it's not really a space but some other character that looks like a space, for example a non-breaking space. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Rahil [mailto:qamar_rahil@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 27 April 2005 13:04 > To: XSL List > Subject: problem with substring() > > Hi > > I cant understand what Ive done wrong with my code that I > aint getting > any output. > > > <xsl:variable name="Val" select="text()"/> > <testVar><xsl:value-of select="$Val"/></testVar> <!--Prints > the output > 'hello there'--> > > <xsl:variable name="firstVal" select="substring-before($Val,' ')"/> > <!--empty result instead of 'hello'--> > <xsl:variable name="secondVal" select="substring-after($Val,' ')"/> > <!--empty result instead of 'there'--> > > Ive tried using another delimiter such 'a' in the substring() > method and > that works but not a space. Ive been regularly using this > criteria in my > other files and Ive had no problem. I even tried typeasting > text() and > Val to type string() but that dint work either. The problem > seems to be > in the space delimiter. > > Ive tried everything I could to check why it isnt working but cant > figure it out. > > Could someone please help. > > Thanks > Rahil
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