Adil Ladhani wrote:
I have a quick question about the concat() function. I need to
re-create a line from some XML, and the line should be of the format:
<Type><whitespace><Tail>
where <Type> and <Tail> are known, and the <whitespace> needs to be
detemined. <Tail> is always the same number of characters (i.e. 17)
and <Type> can vary in length. Since a line is always 40 characters, I
know that I need <Type> and <whitespace> to add up to 23 chars.
Furthermore, I know I can determine the number of whitespace chars by
subtracting string-length(Type) from 23 (which is 40 - length(tail)),
but how can I use this within a concat?
Define a global parameter or variable with the maximum number of spaces e.g.
<xsl:param name="forty-spaces"
select="' '"/>
then use substring to extract the number of spaces you need e.g.
substring($forty-spaces, 1, 23 - string-length(Type))
Adil
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