Thanks for the code sample!  You have managed to save the last bit of
sanity I had left.


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[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Hart
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 8:29 AM
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Subject: Re:  How can I do a string substitution for turning
entities into html tags



On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 05:37  PM, Bill Chmura wrote:

>
>
> Here is an example of my xml data
>
> <text>
>    &lt;p&gt;Sometext here. Followed by more text&lt;/p&gt;
>    &lt;p&gt;More text.&lt;/p&gt;
>    &lt;li&gt;For more info see &lt;/li&gt;
> </text>
>
>
This turns the tags into elements so you can do other things with them 
if you want to. Note that the elements must have open and close tags.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="/">
	<xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text">
	<xsl:call-template name="makeElements">
		<xsl:with-param name="string"><xsl:value-of
select="text()"/>
		</xsl:with-param>
	</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="makeElements">
	<xsl:param name="string"/>
	<xsl:choose>
	<xsl:when test="contains($string,'&lt;')">
		<xsl:value-of
select="substring-before($string,'&lt;')"/>
		<xsl:call-template name="makeElement">
			<xsl:with-param name="string">
				<xsl:value-of
select="substring-after($string,'&lt;')"/>
			</xsl:with-param>
		</xsl:call-template>
	</xsl:when>
	<xsl:otherwise>
		<xsl:value-of select="$string"/>
	</xsl:otherwise>
	</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="makeElement">
	<xsl:param name="string"/>
	<xsl:element name="{substring-before($string,'&gt;')}">
		<xsl:value-of 
select="substring-before(substring-after($string,'&gt;'),'&lt;')"/>
	</xsl:element>
	<xsl:call-template name="makeElements">
		<xsl:with-param name="string">
			<xsl:value-of 
select="substring-after(substring-after($string,'&gt;'),'&gt;')"/>
		</xsl:with-param>
	</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>



Jim Hart, Project Manager
Academic Technology Services
Library and Information Services
Bates College
Lewiston, Maine, USA


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