----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Watts" <timw@xxxxxxx>
To: "XSL Mailing List (E-mail)" <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 5:10 AM
Subject:  creating a string of repeated charactors


> I'm sure this must be a simple command, but how would something like a
> string of 8 charactors be output in XSLT.

hello tim,

there are many ways of doing this, try looking at the exslt.org link below

http://www.exslt.org/str/functions/padding/index.html

here is the link to the xslt template u may use

http://www.exslt.org/str/functions/padding/str.padding.template.xsl

u can directly use this individual template by either cutting and pasting or
xsl:import ( u have to remember to either use the correct namespace if
importing ).

there also may be some function defined with Steve Ball's XSLT Standard
Library effort

http://xsltsl.sourceforge.net/


cheers, jim fuller

>
> In ASP it might look something like
> String(8 - Len(num), "*")
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> Thanks
> Tim :)
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