Simple XSLT questions.

[anitawa]

Hello,

I am stumped and need some help.
I want to know how you can count the number of certain character
inside one element.

For example, counting commas.

<place>CA,USA</place> should return 1

<place>Los Angeles,CA,USA</place> should return 2

<place>90210,Los Angeles,CA,USA</place> should return 3

 

[Joseph Kesselman]

Use XSLT's string-manipulation functions. You may also have to write a
recursive template to iterate through the string.

 

[Richard Tobin]

I want to know how you can count the number of certain character
inside one element.

For example, counting commas.

<place>CA,USA</place> should return 1

<place>Los Angeles,CA,USA</place> should return 2

<place>90210,Los Angeles,CA,USA</place> should return 3

Ok, here's a disgusting hack:

string-length(.)-string-length(translate(., ',', ''))

-- Richard

 

[Pavel Lepin]

Ok, here's a disgusting hack:

string-length(.)-string-length(translate(., ',', ''))

Looks elegant and not at all disgusting to me. Better than
coding a D&C named template to do something this trivial,
anyway.

 

[Joe Kesselman]

Looks elegant and not at all disgusting to me. Better than
coding a D&C named template to do something this trivial,
anyway.

I agree; that's a good solution to the comma-counting problem.

(Cue the music: "Comma, comma, comma, Camellia; you come and go..."
Though I have to admit I spent years wondering what a "karma chameleon"
was.)

 

[Pavel Lepin]

I agree; that's a good solution to the comma-counting
problem.

(Cue the music: "Comma, comma, comma, Camellia; you come
and go..." Though I have to admit I spent years wondering
what a "karma chameleon" was.)

I always thought it was 'come a million', which usually made
me, well, a bit uneasy just thinking about it. But then, my
English listening comprehension ain't anything I'd
call 'good' even now, and it was even worse those days.

 

[Peter Flynn]

I agree; that's a good solution to the comma-counting problem.

(Cue the music: "Comma, comma, comma, Camellia; you come and go..."
Though I have to admit I spent years wondering what a "karma chameleon"
was.)

I must be very warped. I got it first time I heard it.

///Peter

 

[Pavel Lepin]

I must be very warped. I got it first time I heard it.

By the way, just to let you know, the OP is quite grateful
for the solution. It's just that for some reason instead of
expressing his gratitude to you on the group, he expressed
his gratitude to you in my mail:

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