How to remove numbers in XML files using xsl

srkumar · April 15th, 2008, 06:34 AM

HI,

I am translating xml files with xsl...

Input XML file:

<sec><title>1 Introduction</title>
<sec><title>1.1 XY Leo</title>

I want to convert output xml file like below:

Output XML file:

<sec><title>Introduction</title>
<sec><title>XY Leo</title>

Thanks in Advance,
S. Rajamuthukumar

Martin Honnen · April 15th, 2008, 06:43 AM

Write a template for 'title' elements that removes the leading numbers e.g. with XSLT 2.0

Code:

  <xsl:template match="title">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:value-of select="replace(., '^[\d\.]+', '')"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

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Martin Honnen
Microsoft MVP - XML