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From: "Jeremy Chapman" <me@----.--->
To: NULL
Date: 1/5/2006 1:53:00 PM

something like the following should return the first 50 characters from the 
para1 element:

<xsl:template match="xml">
  <xsl:value-of select="substring(para1,1,50)"/>
</xsl:template>



http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#function-string has a list of string functions.

"Aaron" <fromtheweb@a...> wrote in message 
news:umb8$djEGHA.1032@T......
> 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>
>
> My question is:
> Is it possible for para1 element, to get the 1st 50 spaces of text 
> including
> the spaces?
>
> TIA
>
>

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