Dimitre,
This was so Easy, why didn't I think of this. It works now.
Thanks,
Mary

"Dimitre Novatchev" <dimitren@t...> wrote in message
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> substring(/, 1, 240)
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dimitre Novatchev
>
> "Mary Mormann" <mmormann@t...> wrote in message
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> > Hello,
> > I have a problem I am trying to solve which I hope someone can help. I
> > have
> > the below xml data. I want to review the combined length and then
> > make sure when I transform the data to a .txt file that only 240char of
> > the
> > combined TextLine data is written to the output.
> >
> > I have found that I can get the total length of the TextLine data with
the
> > string-length() function.
> > <xsl:variable name="lengthtest" select="."></xsl:variable>
> >
> > Length is:<xsl:value-of select="string-length($lengthtest)"/>
> >
> >
> > But am having trouble triming the TextLine data to output only 240 char
in
> > Total for all Mark Packages. I tried sub-string(var,1,240) but it is
only
> > trimming each line_no's text. Can someone help point me in the correct
> > direction?
> >
> >
> > <Mark_Packages>
> > <TextLine line_no="1">Let&apos;s see how long this will work with line
> > number one and if I need to see how long this one is to strip off part
of
> > the data.</TextLine>
> > <TextLine line_no="2">Then I am on Line #2 now and I want to see what
the
> > length is here. I keep typing and this should be a good test</TextLine>
> > <TextLine line_no="3">So then I am</TextLine>
> > <TextLine line_no="4"> on Line 3 and I keep typing, now I will
> > stop.</TextLine>
> > </Mark_Packages>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mary
> >
> >
>
>