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Re: Transforming only a portion of xml element

From: Peter Flynn <peter.nosp@-.--------.-->
To: NULL
Date: 1/5/2006 9:42:00 PM
Aaron wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am a newbie on XSL-- here below is a segment of data.xml.
> 
> <xml...>
> <title>.........</title>
> <para1>Democrats haven't completely given up the notion of filibustering
> Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, though they're certainly not
> talking about it before his confirmation hearings. A slip of the tongue, an
> intractable attitude or a dramatic revelation next week could still bring
> another Senate showdown.</para1>
> <para2>.........</para2>
> <para3>.........</para3>
> </xml>

The immediate thing that frightens me about this is having element types
called para1, para2, para3...

Normally the paragraphs would all just be of type para. Is there some
special reason for the numbered naming?

> My question is:
> Is it possible for para1 element, to get the 1st 50 spaces of text including
> the spaces?

<xsl:value-of select="substring(normalize-space(para1),1,50)"/>

///Peter


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