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Thanks Andrew, that worked....I got the syntax wrong! On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/03/2008, Aaron Johnson <artpunx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi... > > > > I have a set of tests which assign various parameters. Sometimes the > > string values are similar and require the same variable to be used. > > > > <xsl:when test="($tabName = 'Pilot')">pilotTab</xsl:when> > > <xsl:when test="($tabName = 'Pilot 2')">pilotTab</xsl:when> > > <xsl:when test="($tabName = 'Pilot 3')">pilotTab</xsl:when> > > > > Instead of replicating the test over and over, I would like to extend > > the test to check for the word 'pilot' and so do away with repetition. > > I have tried various ways including 'contains' and 'begins-with' but I > > can't get it to work. I also looked at using subString but this seems > > to always require two values....which might work for 'Pilot,*' but not > > for 'Pilot'. > > contains($tabName, 'Pilot') > > ....should work fine - you don't mention why that doesn't work for you? > > You might prefer: > > 'Pilot' = tokenize($tabName, ' ') > > if you want match 'Pilot' as a word (and are using 2.0) > > -- > Andrew Welch > http://andrewjwelch.com > Kernow: http://kernowforsaxon.sf.net/
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