Use the str:tokenize extension (www.exslt.org, or natively available in
some processors), and select the first five tokens.
Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael(_dot_)H(_dot_)Kay(_at_)ntlworld(_dot_)com
work: Michael(_dot_)Kay(_at_)softwareag(_dot_)com
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[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
James Cummings
Sent: 10 March 2003 12:48
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] substring for whole words.
I'm sure I'm just missing something obvious, but how do I get
substring-before() or substring() to not split something in
the middle of a word. What I mean is, given an xml snippet of:
<foo>
<wibble>This is only a test but it is a really really long
one</wibble> <wibble>This is a different test, right.</wibble> </foo>
How do I produce:
<ul>
<li>This is only a test</li>
<li>This is a different test</li>
</ul>
I.e. Take the first five words as delimited by the
whitespace? Any Hints?
Many Thanks,
James Cummings
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