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Re: [xsl] Hash / Translation Tables (the right way)

2011-09-25 16:36:40
At 2011-09-25 14:28 -0700, Hank Ratzesberger wrote:
I'm having some problems with constructs like hash tables or
indexes, which are quick in other languages but presently I
am using some brute force with.  E.G.


<xsl:template name="month-of">
  <xsl:param name="mon"/>
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="lower-case($mon) = 'jan'">
        <xsl:value-of select="'01'"/>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:when test="lower-case($mon) = 'feb'">
        <xsl:value-of select="'02'"/>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:when test="lower-case($mon) = 'mar'">
        <xsl:value-of select="'03'"/>
      </xsl:when>

It seems there must be a way to accomplish this with
a simple sequence. Months of the year, days of the
week, and other one to one translations from the
textual to ordinal or vice versa.

XSLT 1 (though not accommodating case):

 format-number(
(string-length(substring-before('janfebmaraprmayjunjulaugsepoctnovdec',$mon) )
    div 3) + 1,'00')

XSLT 2:

  format-number( index-of( ('jan','feb',...,'dec'), lower-case($mon) ),'00' )

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . Ken

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