If you are using XSLT 1.0, you can use the 'contains' function as
defined in the XPath spec section 4.2.

 Steve

"Araquel, Ed E." wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to do this?
> 
> For example
> 
> <nm>
>         <G V="Ed" CLAS="[B R C]"/>
>         <G V="B" CLAS="[B R I]"/>
>         <F V="Araquel" CLAS="[B R C]"/>
> </nm>
> 
> I would like to be able to pick out that a G element contains a middle
> initial of a person's name. This is done by looking at the CLAS attribute
> and finding an I in there. The other characters within CLAS can be a whole
> range of things which means I can't just search for a whole string like "[B
> R I]".
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Ed
> --
> Ed Araquel
> 
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> 200 1st St. SW - Siebens 7
> Rochester, Minnesota
> 55905
> (507) 538-1023
> 
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