Re: copy and translate an element and its children

Matthew L. Avizinis wrote:

> Hello,
>  I am currently using
>                <xsl:variable name="short-title">
>                      <xsl:for-each select="title/node()">
>                        <xsl:if test="not(position()=1)">
>                          <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
>                        </xsl:if>
>                      </xsl:for-each>
>                </xsl:variable>
> This copies all nodes unchanged.
Isn't it better to use
 <xsl:variable name="short-title"
    select="title/node()[position() &gt; 1]"/>
Avoids copying.

>  However, what I'd now like to be able 
> to do is create the same variable but with the contents of each node 
> copied translated to uppercase.  Is there an elegant way to do this?
> thanks,
Well, try
 <xsl:variable name="short-title">
   <xsl:apply-templates
     select="title/node()[position() &gt; 1]"
     mode="upcase"/>
 </xsl:variable>
 ...
 <xsl:template match="*|@*" mode="upcase">
   <xsl:copy>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="*|@*"
         mode="upcase"/>
   <xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="text()" mode="upcase">
   <xsl:value-of select="translate(.,'abcde...','ABCDE...')"/>
 </xsl:template>
Beware, untested.

Complete the mapping in the translate() to your needs (you might
want to upcase non-ASCII too).

J.Pietschmann



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