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> This is slightly off-topic, but does anyone know why there is no > string function in XSL that does what the "last-index-of" Java String > function does? (or is there one?) A recursive function seems rather > slow for this kind of (common) operation. The function library in XPath 1.0 was designed on minimalist principles: if you could do something yourself, there was no need for another function. XPath 2.0 support for regular expressions makes this kind of thing much easier (and possibly more efficient, though I wouldn't guarantee it: there's no intrinsic reason why recursion should be slow). Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > > Hans > > On 8/22/05, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I have also noticed the hex - I use oxygen and it seems > to put in this hex > > > in the strangest of places. > > > > I think it's a microsoft-encoded left quote, whgich is OK > if you declare > > a microsoft encoding in your xml (and xsl) files, and your > parser knows > > that encoding. But it's not a lot of point posting fragments of xml > > using that as if anyone tries to parse that using the default utf8 > > encoding tehy just get told the file is not well formed as > hex 85 isn't > > a legal utf8 encoding of anything. > > > > There are plenty of replace templates in the faq, something like > > > > <xsl:template name="x"> > > <xsl:param name="x" select="extract"/> > > <xsl:if test="contains($x,'.')"> > > <xsl:value-of select="substring-before($x,'.')"/> > > <xsl:text>.</xsl:text> > > <xsl:call-template name="x"> > > <xsl:with-param name="x" select="substring-after($x,'.')"/> > > </xsl:call-template> > > </xsl:if> > > </xsl:template> > > > > That discards everything after the the last . (and the > whole thing if > > there isn't a ., so you just need to call that if there is a . in > > extract. (untested) > > > > David > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > > This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The > > service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on > a proactive > > anti-virus service working around the clock, around the > globe, visit: > > http://www.star.net.uk > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________
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