Replace Multiple Characters in a String (XSLT)

Question

I need to be able to replace certain characters so that I can use them as CSS classes.

I have strings like, class(name), class&name, amonst others which are not valid CSS classes (As far as i can tell).

How can I use the replace function to replace multiple chracters,

E.g.

translate(className, ' ','') (would replace a space)

But is it possible to doo this for multiple characters?

Translate doesnt seem to work with &

Example

XML

<title>Mary & the Wolf<title>

XSLT

<xsl:value-of select="translate(title, ' &','')"/></xsl:attribute>

So I want the output to be:

MarytheWolf

But at the moment I get an error with the & character.

Tomalak · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-12 14:19:54Z

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translate() works character-wise:

translate(className, ' &#?!','')  // would remove any character in the string #1

or

translate(className, ' &#?!','_____')  // would replace any character 
                                       // in the string #1 with '_'

answered Oct 12, 2009 at 14:19

Tomalak

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CLiown Over a year ago

Thanks, seems like a good idea to replace with a char rather than nothing at all.

CLiown Over a year ago

Whats the & code for XSLT? ive tried & in the translate but throws an error?

Tomalak Over a year ago

& is the XML escape sequence for the ampersand. It's not that XSLT or XPath require it, but XML itself does.

CLiown Over a year ago

For some reason this doesnt work: translate(title, ' &():/\','')" The &amp is causing a problem?

Tomalak Over a year ago

Unless you post the complete line of code you try it with, I won't be able to tell what's wrong. ;-)

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Colin Young · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-12 14:21:47Z

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You're most of the way there:

translate('abcd', 'cbda', 'CBDA')

would give 'ABCD'.

answered Oct 12, 2009 at 14:21

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