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Re: [xsl] Testing for a specific word in a string

2008-03-05 05:23:18
On 05/03/2008, Aaron Johnson <artpunx(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
Hi...

 I have a set of tests which assign various parameters. Sometimes the
 string values are similar and require the same variable to be used.

 <xsl:when test="($tabName = 'Pilot')">pilotTab</xsl:when>
 <xsl:when test="($tabName = 'Pilot 2')">pilotTab</xsl:when>
 <xsl:when test="($tabName = 'Pilot 3')">pilotTab</xsl:when>

 Instead of replicating the test over and over, I would like to extend
 the test to check for the word 'pilot' and so do away with repetition.
 I have tried various ways including 'contains' and 'begins-with' but I
 can't get it to work. I also looked at using subString but this seems
 to always require two values....which might work for 'Pilot,*' but not
 for 'Pilot'.

contains($tabName, 'Pilot')

....should work fine - you don't mention why that doesn't work for you?

You might prefer:

'Pilot' = tokenize($tabName, ' ')

if you want match 'Pilot' as a word (and are using 2.0)

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