Try test="translate(substring($in,1,1), '0123456789', '') = ''"
(it may need refining as it also gives true if $in is zero-length).
Regards,
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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Subject: [xsl] Testing if a string begins with numeric in XSL 1.0
Hi,
Is this the correct/best way to test whether a string begins
with a digit in XSL 1.0?
<xsl:when test="string(number(substring($input-name, 1,
1))) != 'NaN'">
I guess using a regular expression in XSL 2.0 would be the
best approach, but unfortunately I'm constrained to using
MSXSL and hence XSL 1.0 at the moment.
Thanks,
Ade
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