Thanks Martin:
<xsl:value-of select="concat(substring-before(., '.'), '. ',
substring-after(., '.'))"/>
Works fine with single initial or two initials.
<given-name>A.</given-name> or <given-name>A.H.</given-name> but fails for
the 3 or four initials.
Or check http://exslt.org/ for a replace template for XSLT 1.0.
<xsl:call-template name="replace-substring">
<xsl:with-param name="original" select="."/>
<xsl:with-param name="substring" select="'.'"/>
<xsl:with-param name="replacement" select="'. '"/>
</xsl:call-template>
is somewhat near to the requirement but the only thing is that it adds
"space" to last initial too. (A.H. to A. H. ), which I do not want.
The best I have done is
<xsl:template match="given-name">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="string-length(.)=2 and contains(.,'.')">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="string-length(.)=4 and contains(.,'.')">
<xsl:value-of select="concat(substring-before(., '.'), '. ',
substring-after(., '.'))"/> </xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:call-template name="replace-substring">
<xsl:with-param name="original" select="."/>
<xsl:with-param name="substring" select="'.'"/>
<xsl:with-param name="replacement" select="'. '"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="replace-substring">
<xsl:param name="original"/>
<xsl:param name="substring"/>
<xsl:param name="replacement" select="'. '"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="contains($original, $substring)">
<xsl:value-of select="substring-before($original, $substring)"/>
<xsl:copy-of select="$replacement"/>
<xsl:call-template name="replace-substring">
<xsl:with-param name="original"
select="substring-after($original, $substring)"/>
<xsl:with-param name="substring" select="$substring"/>
<xsl:with-param name="replacement" select="$replacement"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="$original"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
I would prefer to use replace() function if there is way of avoiding last
intial "space". AARRRGH, time to switch to 2.0 for this project.
Looking for thoughts
TIA,
Pankaj
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