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Not all fragments will contain an &. Franklin & Jefferson will still be output as Franklin & Jefferson and not Franklin and Jefferson here is an XML fragment <bodyContent> <p>Tagged the World of Franklin & Jefferson," display was created by general Charles and Ray Eames fof the American Revolution centennial Administration, a ernment organization</p> <p>Show will go on to Warsaw and London, then proceed to the Museum of Modern Art in N.Y. Later it is to be exhibited in Chicago and San Francisco.</p> </bodyContent> the XSLT fragment <xsl:variable name="l_TempBodyContent"> <xsl:for-each select="body/node()"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="position() = 1"><xsl:value-of select="." /></xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise><xsl:value-of select="concat(' ', .)" /></xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:variable> <xsl:variable name="l_BodyContent" select="replace($l_TempBodyContent, '&', 'and')" /> Marijan (Mario) Madunic Quoting David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > replace($l_TempString,'&','and') > > get an error message stating the & must be followed by an entity > > reference > > yes, that's not a well formed XML fragment. > > > > replace($l_TempString,'&','and') and > replace($l_TempString,'&amp;','and') > > the amp is not replaced. > > so presumably $l_TempString does not contain a substring that matches > either "&" or "&". > > so what is $l_TempString ? ie what does <xsl:value-of > select="$l_TempString"/> produce. > > It's always helpful to post a complete xml input and complet xslt > stylesheet (in this case, each only need be two or three lines long, > > > David > > ________________________________________________________________________ > The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd is a company registered in England > and Wales with company number 1249803. The registered office is: > Wilkinson House, Jordan Hill Road, Oxford OX2 8DR, United Kingdom. > > This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is > powered by MessageLabs. > ________________________________________________________________________
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