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Re: [xsl] Does XSLT contain an easy means of determining if a string contains a diacritic?

2009-11-16 08:52:35
Can't you just use the translate(0 function (when all characters with
diacritics are known)?

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Mark Wilson <mark(_at_)knihtisk(_dot_)org> 
wrote:
Hi,
I need to render Czech language strings containing diacritics into strings
with the diacritics removed. The Czech alphabet has 16 lower case diacritics
and a somewhat smaller set of upper case diacritics. The strings are
expressed in  UTF-8. I do not need to retain case, but I must locate and
replace all diacritics.

My only plan so far is construct a gigantic <xsl:choose> to find strings
containing at least one diacritic. Then I would need a gigantic <xsl:if> to
change each diacritic into its unaccented counterpart.

I wonder if there is a simpler method for turning, for example, a word like
"Safarík" [S, r, í] into Safarik? Any ideas or suggestions,
Thanks,
Mark


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