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Re: [xsl] Display link text as a hyperlink

2008-08-06 08:05:14
2008/8/6 Brent Solly <ultra(_at_)ymail(_dot_)com>:
I have an xml file that contains this character sequence: 'www.gamefaqs.com' .

Primary Problem:
After I convert the 'www' text to hyperlink format, the xsl displays it as 
plain text, but I would like to display it has a hyperlink.

Secondary:
I am aware that the url may also contain subfolders like: 
www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64   OR different a suffix like www.gamefaqs.ca., 
but right now I'll focus on .com, but feel free to make suggestions :) .


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss>
  <channel>
     <item>
        <description>More information on this game can be found at 
(www.gamefaqs.com)</description>
     </item>
  </channel>
</rss>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
version="2.0">
<xsl:strip-space elements="*" />
<xsl:output method="html" encoding="UTF-8"/>


<xsl:template name="globalReplace">
 <xsl:param name="outputString"/>
 <xsl:param name="target"/>
 <xsl:param name="replacement"/>
   <xsl:choose>
  <!--Begin Test -->
  <xsl:when test="contains($outputString,$target)">

     <xsl:value-of select=
       "concat(substring-before($outputString,$target),
              $replacement)"/>
     <xsl:call-template name="globalReplace">
       <xsl:with-param name="outputString"
            select="substring-after($outputString,$target)"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="target" select="$target"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="replacement"
            select="$replacement"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:when>
  <!--End Test-->

   <xsl:otherwise>
     <xsl:value-of select="$outputString"/>
   </xsl:otherwise>

 </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="rss">
 <xsl:call-template name="globalReplace">
 <xsl:with-param name="outputString" select="."/>
 <xsl:with-param name="target" select="'www'"/>
 <xsl:with-param name="replacement" select="concat('&lt;a 
href=&#34;http://www',substring-before(substring-after(.,'www'),substring-after(.,'com')),'&#34;&gt;',substring-before(substring-after(.,'www.'),'.com'),'&lt;/a&gt;')"/>

 </xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>


</xsl:stylesheet>


whoooaaaaah there.... you've set off down the wrong road (like so many
others) and it will only end in tears and resentment.  It's completely
the wrong apporach.

To do a search and replace on a string use either replace() or
xsl:analyze-string:

<xsl:analyze-string select="." regex="$the-regex">
  <xsl:matching-substring>
    <a href="http://{.}";>http://<xsl:value-of select="."/></a>
  </xsl:matching-substring>
  <xsl:non-matching-substring>
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
  </
</


-- 
Andrew Welch
http://andrewjwelch.com
Kernow: http://kernowforsaxon.sf.net/

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