Count no. of characters in xsl variable

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posted 17 years ago

Hi, can anybody tell me how to count the number of characters in an xslt variable? I need this so that I can truncate a string if its length exceeds a certain number.

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posted 17 years ago

You can use function string-length($varName)

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Sunetra Saha

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posted 17 years ago

Thanks.

It is sorta covered in the JavaRanch Style Guide.

Count no. of characters in xsl variable

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