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Re: [xsl] Splitting non-delimited string

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Alison,

>Hello,
>
>I have an id that is half numeric and half text.  I need to split it into
>two ids--one numeric, and one text.  The id can be any length, and has no
>delimiters.
>
>From:
><AgencyReportNumber>123ABC</AgencyReportNumber>
>
translate (., '0123456789', '') will delete all the digits leaving you
the letter part, you can then use either substring-before() or
string-length() and substring() to get hold of the digits part.

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