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Re: [xsl] A problem with concat()

2011-04-18 14:18:51
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:50 PM, G. Ken Holman
<gkholman(_at_)cranesoftwrights(_dot_)com> wrote:
Have you considered using the following?

  string-join( sequence, separator )

as in (note the parens):

  <xsl:value-of select="string-join( (mods:namePart[@type='family'],
                                      mods:namePart[@type='given'],
                                      mods:namePart[@type='date']), ', '
)"/>

Hi Ken, thanks for the response. I tried string-join, but the results
are the same -- the output looks like this:
<dc:creator>Thompson James Edward 1880-1976</dc:creator>

I haven't pulled down your code (because of my time constraints), but a
couple of comments of the conventions in your example that jumped out at me:

  1) select="x" is the same as select="./x"
  2) test="@type='personal'" is the same as test=".[@type='personal']"

What you typed isn't wrong, but it isn't typical.  I think what I've
suggested to you is more conventional syntax.

I hope this helps.  Just a couple of quick notes.

I really appreciate the suggestions - I'm trying to learn from
different books, many of which suggest a number of ways to abbreviate
different things (I mean, the books all similarly describe the
different possible abbreviations). I think of this as me stumbling
along with long division and watching the experts (people like you)
blow by me using short division. It's something I need to work on.
Thanks again!

Cheers,
Bridger

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