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Re: force </br> after x words | automate xsl |

Subject: Re: force </br> after x words | automate xsl |
From: Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:13:02 +0200
Re:  force </br> after x words | automate xsl |
j milo taylor wrote:
if i have for example

<work_notes>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
</work_notes>


is there a way i can force a </br> after a certain number of words in each line? in a xslt? (Netbeans)

Netbeans is Java, isn't it? So you could use Saxon 9 and XSLT 2.0:


<xsl:stylesheet
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  exclude-result-prefixes="xs"
  version="2.0">

  <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes"/>
  <xsl:param name="x" select="5"/>


<xsl:template match="work_notes">
<div>
<xsl:for-each-group select="tokenize(normalize-space(), '\s+')" group-by="(position() - 1) idiv $x">
<xsl:value-of select="current-group()"/>
<br />
</xsl:for-each-group>
</div>
</xsl:template>


</xsl:stylesheet>

Output is

<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,<br>consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do<br>eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore<br>et dolore magna aliqua. Ut<br>enim ad minim veniam, quis<br>nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi<br>ut aliquip ex ea commodo<br>consequat. Duis aute irure dolor<br>in reprehenderit in voluptate velit<br>esse cillum dolore eu fugiat<br>nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat<br>cupidatat non proident, sunt in<br>culpa qui officia deserunt mollit<br>anim id est laborum.<br></div>


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	Martin Honnen
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