Deleting a part of string from string when converting using XSLT

Question

I would like to know how to delete a part of string from string when converting from one XML to another XML.

For example, say I have the source XML that has:

<element id="#yo">

however, after the translation I want this to be

<element id="yo">

Can I do this easily in XSLT? let me know thanks

also, can I do vice versa? yo to #yo

David Carlisle · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-31 00:51:14Z

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<xsl:template match="element[starts-with(@id,'#')]">
<element id="{substring(@id,2)}">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</element>
</xsl:template>

and in reverse

<xsl:template match="element">
<element id="#{@id}">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</element>
</xsl:template>

answered Jan 31, 2013 at 0:51

David Carlisle

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I have just realised that I can use concat and substring. Anyway thank you very much for your response!