lets say in a xml document i have a list of names
for example:
dave
jim
tomy

i select it in xslt with:
<xsl:for-each select="name">

I want to add dots on the left side so total length of word is 6.

so output would be:

..dave
...jim
..tomy

how do i do it?can some one give or guide on the code?
thanx alot.
Tommy

Depends on whether you want to truncate names longer than 6 chars or leave them as they are. The following code truncates:

substring(concat('.....', $in), string-length($in))

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