Hallo all,

I have recently completed an AJAX SOAP file and now I am trying to generate the XSL s from the functions that I have used in my script.

I have written an indexOf function which cuts a string from the beginning of an character stream "-- " and takes it as 100 characters. It is like

myArray7[i] = xmldoc.selectNodes("//fcs:folder/fcs:folderHeadlinesResultSet/fcs:folderHeadline/fcs:snippet")[i];
            if(myArray7[i]==null){
                return false;
                }
            else{
                var cPos = myArray7[i].text.indexOf("-- ");
                if (cPos >= 0)
                    snippet[i] = myArray7[i].text.substring(cPos + 3,100 + cPos + 3);
                else
                    snippet[i] = myArray7[i].text.substring(0,100);
                myCell1.innerHTML += "<p>"+snippet[i]+"...</p>";
                }

What I tried to write in my XSL is:

      <tr>
                     <xsl:variable name="snippet" select="fcs:snippet"/>
                     <xsl:variable name="cPos" select="index-of($snippet, '-')"/>
                    <xsl:choose>
                        <xsl:when test="$cPos >= 0">
                            <xsl:variable name="cutSnippet" select="substring($snippet,$cPos+3,100+$cPos+3)"/>
                            <td class="text"><xsl:value-of select="$cutSnippet"/></td>
                        </xsl:when>
                        <xsl:otherwise>
                         <xsl:variable name="cutSnippet" select="substring($snippet,0,100)"/>
                          <td class="text"><xsl:value-of select="$cutSnippet"/></td>
                        </xsl:otherwise>
                    </xsl:choose>

                 </tr>

But it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? Can anyone help me?

Your attitude determines your altitude

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Your attitude determines your altitude

The index-of function in XPath 2.0 finds the position(s) of an item in a sequence of items, it doesn't find the position of a character in a string.

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

Thanks very much so I am clueless now how to find the index of this "-- " string in the element. What kind of function should I use for it?

Your attitude determines your altitude

try string-length(substring-before(x,y))

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

Thanks very much you solved my problem.

Your attitude determines your altitude