Replacing HTML in my XML using XSLT

[Tech Jigyasu]

Hi All,
In my XSL File, I am using <xsl:value-of
select="title" /> to get the value of the '<title>'
tag from xml.
When the XML has HTML tags in it ('e.g.' <b> Some
Text Here</b>. etc.), I get the HTML tags back as it
is. How do I get rid of these XML tags??? I tried
something like:
<xsl:value-of
select="translate(atom:title,'&lt;/b&gt;',' ')" />

to replace the <b> or </b> tags with blanks. This
replaces even the legitimate 'b' values in the text
with blank. How do I look for a specific string e.g.
"<b>" in XSLT and replace it with another string? This
is urgent.

Thanks,

Dev



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[David Carlisle]

Post by Tech Jigyasu
When the XML has HTML tags in it ('e.g.' <b> Some
Text Here</b>. etc.),

The symptoms you describe would not happen if theer were any tags, as
then you would get a b eleemnt in the XSLt input, and value-of would not
generate any markup from an element node.

You presumably have teh HTML escaped so that it is explictly _not_ a
tag, either using &lt; or (equivalently) a CDATA section, something like

<title>&lt;b> Some Text Here&lt;/b></title>

<xsl:value-of
select="translate(atom:title,'&lt;/b&gt;',' ')" />


translate translates individual characters so, as you observed, that
translates each of < / b and > to a space.

The FAQ at www.dpawson.com has examples of replace templates that you
can use for replacing one string by another.

David

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[Tech Jigyasu]

Thanks David,
You are right. The xml has escaped html in it the
way you told me. I'm new to XSLT. I've gone through
the website already, but I found examples either too
complex for me. I have a real tight deadline, and need
an example which directly works for me. Could you send
me an exact solution to this? That would be so nice of
you.

Thanks,
Jig

Post by David Carlisle

Post by Tech Jigyasu
When the XML has HTML tags in it ('e.g.' <b> Some
Text Here</b>. etc.),

The symptoms you describe would not happen if theer
were any tags, as
then you would get a b eleemnt in the XSLt input,
and value-of would not
generate any markup from an element node.
You presumably have teh HTML escaped so that it is
explictly _not_ a
tag, either using &lt; or (equivalently) a CDATA
section, something like
<title>&lt;b> Some Text Here&lt;/b></title>
<xsl:value-of
')" />
translate translates individual characters so, as
you observed, that
translates each of < / b and > to a space.
The FAQ at www.dpawson.com has examples of replace
templates that you
can use for replacing one string by another.
David

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[David Carlisle]

Post by Tech Jigyasu
I have a real tight deadline,

don't we all...

a replace template (from teh argchives) will typically have three
parameters the main string, a string to find and it's replacement
so yu want <xsl:call-template name="replace"> <xsl:with-param name="string" select="title"/> <xsl:with-param name="from" select="'&lt;b&gt;'"/>
<xsl:with-param name="to" select="''"/>
</xsl:call-template>

to replace <b> by nothing.

I thought atom allowed XHTML to be embedded directly without it being
escaped like this?

David

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[Michael Kay]

Post by Tech Jigyasu
You are right. The xml has escaped html in it the
way you told me. I'm new to XSLT. I've gone through
the website already, but I found examples either too
complex for me. I have a real tight deadline, and need
an example which directly works for me. Could you send
me an exact solution to this? That would be so nice of
you.

You will find that people on this list are very helpful when they see an
opportunity to teach you new knowledge that you can use in your job, and
perhaps eventually pass on to other people. Saying that you haven't got time
to go through the learning process is going to put people off from helping
you.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/



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[Tech Jigyasu]

Hi Mike, David and others,
I thank you all for the help, it's really a great
forum! I didn't mean I don't want to learn, but I
needed a code snippet which directly works for me. In
any case, I've found the solution.
Again, I'll be careful in wording my posts next time.
Too much work pressure got over me!

-Dev

Post by Tech Jigyasu

Post by Tech Jigyasu
You are right. The xml has escaped html in it

the

Post by Tech Jigyasu
way you told me. I'm new to XSLT. I've gone

through

Post by Tech Jigyasu
the website already, but I found examples either

too

Post by Tech Jigyasu
complex for me. I have a real tight deadline, and

need

Post by Tech Jigyasu
an example which directly works for me. Could you

send

Post by Tech Jigyasu
me an exact solution to this? That would be so

nice of

Post by Tech Jigyasu
you.

You will find that people on this list are very
helpful when they see an
opportunity to teach you new knowledge that you can
use in your job, and
perhaps eventually pass on to other people. Saying
that you haven't got time
to go through the learning process is going to put
people off from helping
you.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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