> I have given the substring function a go as shown below.

I don't see the substring() function here, I only see substring-before() and
substring-after().

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

> But it puts everything in the second column.
>  
> I am trying to get it to split the string before and after the space.
> I think what may be happening is that I'm not specifying the space
> correctly by saying substring-before($str, ' ')
>  
>  <xsl:call-template name="StandNumber">
>     <xsl:with-param name="str" select="."/>
>   </xsl:call-template>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template name="StandNumber">
>   <xsl:param name="str"/>
>   <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="contains($str,'  ')">
>  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10">
>            <tr>
>              <td width="200"><a href="{substring-before($str,'   ')}">
>           <xsl:value-of select="substring-before($str,'  ')"/></a>
>               </td>
>        <td width="200"><a href="{substring-after($str,'  ')}">
>             <xsl:value-of select="substring-after($str,'  ')"/></a>
>               </td>
>            </tr>
>  </table>
>      
>  
>    </xsl:when> 
>     
>   </xsl:choose>
>  
> </xsl:template>
>  
>  
>  
> Output = 
>  
> STAND NUMBER : 	STAND ADDRESS : 	
> 
> 	            T51000000000000000000000000 NONE,. 
>                   T51000000000010000000000000 31 VAN STRAAT,. 
>                   T51000000000020000000000000 29 VAN STRAAT,. 
>  
> Required =
>  
> STAND NUMBER : 	            STAND ADDRESS :
>  	
> T51000000000000000000000000   NONE,. 
> T51000000000010000000000000   31 VAN STRAAT,. 
> T51000000000020000000000000   29 VAN STRAAT,. 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Luke Stedman [mailto:luke.stedman@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 14 March 2006 01:28 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Cave, Neil;
> neil.cave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  FW: XSL to split a concatenated XML string
> 
> 
> 
> You can use the substring-before() and substring-after() functions...
> 
> <xsl:variable name=3D"OPTION" select=3D"/optionList1/option"/>
> 
> <xsl:variable name=3D"STAND_NO"
> select=3D"substring-before($OPTION,'&space;')"/>
> <xsl:variable name=3D"ADDRESS"
> select=3D"substring-after($OPTION,'&space;') "/>
> 
> Though as you addresses have spaces in them it could cause an issue,
> from experience I think it uses the first instance of the 
> text string to
> determine where it should split the string.
> 
> ...or...
> 
> You can use the substring-before(), substring() and string-length()
> functions...
> 
> <xsl:variable name=3D"OPTION" select=3D"/optionList1/option"/> 
> <xsl:variable name=3D"STAND_NO"
> select=3D"substring-before($OPTION,'&space;')"/>
> <xsl:variable name=3D"ADDRESS"
> select=3D"substring($OPTION,29,string-length($OPTION) - 29)"/> 
> 
> This should work, though you may need to tweak the values in the
> substring() and string-length() calls
> 
> Cheers
> Stedders
> 
> 
> On 14/03/06, Cave, Neil <Neil.Cave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> 
> 	Hi XSL Ninjas
> 	
> 	I have to split a list of concatenated XML strings and display
> it in 2
> 	fields
> 	
> 	The xml looks like
> 	
> 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> 	<optionList1> 
> 	<option>T51000000000000000000000000    NONE,.</option>
> 	<option>T51000000000010000000000000    31 VAN STRAAT,.</option>
> 	<option>T51000000000020000000000000    29 VAN
> STRAAT,.</option> 
> 	<option>T51000000000030000000000000    36 BECKERWEG,.</option>
> 	<option>T51000000000040000000000000    34 BECKERWEG,.</option>
> 	</optionList1>
> 	
> 	And I need to display 2 distinct columns  (in HTML).... 
> 	
> 	Stand Number                   Address
> 	
> 	T51000000000000000000000000    NONE,.
> 	T51000000000010000000000000    31 VAN STRAAT,.
> 	T51000000000020000000000000    29 VAN   STRAAT,.
> 	T51000000000030000000000000    36 BECKERWEG,. 
> 	T51000000000040000000000000    34 BECKERWEG,.
> 	
> 	There will always be 14 occurrences of option within optionList1
> the
> 	stand number will always be 27 characters followed by space.
> 	
> 	What's the best way to tackle this? 
> 	
> 	Regards
> 	Neil