I have a field which could include one or 3 times <last, first> name appended together (eg for three 'last, firstlast, first Mlast, first').

How can I separate these three occurance properly with a '|' in below xslt code.

 The name field includes 0 to 3 NickNickNick, I need to parse it to ||| or Nick|Nick|Nick| or Nick|| or Nick|Nick||

        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="name[@type='other']">
                <xsl:apply-templates select="name[@type='other']"/>
                <xsl:text>|</xsl:text>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
                <xsl:text>|</xsl:text>
                <xsl:text>|</xsl:text>
                <xsl:text>|</xsl:text>
            </xsl:otherwise>
             <xsl:text>#10;</xsl:text>
        </xsl:choose>


Thanks for all your help,
Victoria

Sorry, I don't understand the format of your input. This description is about as obscure as you can get:

(eg for three 'last, firstlast, first Mlast, first').

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Below is what I see in my output, however the data could be in the format after my code change:

||
(last, first)
(last, firstlast, first)
(last, firstlast, firstlast, first)

Which I need to parse the data to

||||
|last, first|||
|last, first|last, first||
|last, first|last, first|last, first|

I hope this is clear....

- Victoria

Please explain what your input looks like.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

This is how my output looks like:

||
(last, first)
(last, firstlast, first)
(last, firstlast, firstlast, first)

And, below is how it should look after the parse:

||||
|last, first|||
|last, first|last, first||
|last, first|last, first|last, first|

Thx,
Victoria

I asked you what the input looked like.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference