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Subject: Re: [xsl] creating a string of repeated characters or Padding From: "cutlass" <cutlass@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:34:57 +0100 |
use <xsl:call-template> http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N1711.html cheers, jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lomvardias, Christopher" <clomvardias@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:23 PM Subject: RE: [xsl] creating a string of repeated characters or Padding > Kurt, > > Thanks. Though I must admit I'm not clear on how to call the pad template in > my stylesheet. > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Cagle [mailto:cagle@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 2:14 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [xsl] creating a string of repeated characters or Padding > > > Chris, > > Here's a fairly simple XSLT script that lets you create repeated characters > or padding: > > <!-- This stylesheet invokes itself to demonstrate how to use it, but the > only real important part is the named template "pad" below: --> > <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="padding.xsl"?> > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" > version="1.0"> > <xsl:template match="/"> > <body> > <!-- For non-whitespace characters, you can call pad directly: --> > <h1>25 '@' Symbols:</h1> > <xsl:call-template name="pad"> > <xsl:with-param name="padChar" select="'@'"/> > <xsl:with-param name="padCount" select="25"/> > </xsl:call-template> > <!-- For whitespace characters, things are a little more complicated. Use > a non-whitespace character to generate the content, then pass that into a > temporary variable. Then use the translate() function to map the > non-whitespace character to a white-space one: --> > <xsl:variable name="pad.tmp"><xsl:call-template name="pad"><xsl:with-param > name="padCount" select="25"/></xsl:call-template></xsl:variable> > <xsl:variable name="pad" select="translate($pad.tmp,'#',' ')"/> > <h1>25 Empty Spaces:</h1> > <pre>.<xsl:value-of select="$pad"/>.</pre><br/> > </body> > </xsl:template> > > <xsl:template name="pad"> > <xsl:param name="padChar" select="'#'"/> > <xsl:param name="padCount" select="0"/><xsl:value-of > select="$padChar"/><xsl:if test="$padCount>1"> > <xsl:call-template name="pad"> > <xsl:with-param name="padCount" select="number($padCount) - 1"/> > <xsl:with-param name="padChar" select="$padChar"/> > </xsl:call-template></xsl:if> > </xsl:template> > </xsl:stylesheet> > > Have fun! > > -- Kurt Cagle > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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