How to get last value in delimited string?

[bearclaws]

I'm new to XML/XSL and need to get the last value from a string that
looks like this (where the colon is the delimiter)...

Computersrives:Firewire:Hard Drive

I have an XSL file that gets this whole string passed to it as a
variable, but I just want to write "Hard Drive" to the screen.
Any suggestions?

Thanks,
BC

 

[Joris Gillis]

Computersrives:Firewire:Hard Drive

I have an XSL file that gets this whole string passed to it as a
variable, but I just want to write "Hard Drive" to the screen.
Any suggestions?

Hi,

this is an XSLT1.0 solution:

<xsl:template name="tail">
<xslaram name="string" select="."/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="substring-after($string,':')">
<xsl:call-template name="tail">
<xsl:with-param name="string" select="substring-after($string,':')"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="$string"/>
</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>call the template with e.g.:

<xsl:call-template name="tail">
<xsl:with-param name="string" select="$variable"/>
</xsl:call-template>

(by default, it will select the string value of the context node)

regards,

 

[bearclaws]

This worked perfectly

Can you recommend any sites or books that will help me learn more about
XSLT (i.e. with examples like the one you provided)?
Many thanks!

 

[Joris Gillis]

Can you recommend any sites or books that will help me learn more about
XSLT (i.e. with examples like the one you provided)?

This is a good site:
http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/

I myself learned XSLT with experimenting and reading this newsgroup.