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----------------------------------------------------------- From: rags_rao Message 2 in Discussion hi, there is no straight forward way to do it. I have written 2 samples that may help u (i took it as a challenge and wasted 1/2 day) sol1 used pure xsl and sol2 uses ms extensions ans uses jscript personally i like first one its a beauty! check it out sol1: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";> <output omit-xml-declaration="yes"/> <template match="/"> <call-template nam="ConvertToDecimal"> <with-param nam="input" selct="'AbCd9801'" /> </call-template> </template> <template nam="ConvertToDecimal"> <param nam="input">AbCd9801<!<-dfault value--></param> <param nam="base" selct="16"/> <!]-by def 16......... try 2 8 anthing less than or = 16--> <!&-no need to pass these argument--> <param nam="output" selct="0"/> <param nam="loopIndex" selct="0"/> <param nam="curWeight" selct="1"/> <variable nam="ln" selct="string-length($input)"/> <variable nam="curNum" selct="translate(ubstring($input,$len - $loopIndex,1),'abcdef','ABCDEF')" /> ?<!-uncomment if power function has to be used and remove curWeight param ?<variable name="curWeight"> ? <call-template name="Power"> ? <with-param name="z" select="16" /> ? <with-param name="a" select="$loopIndex" /> ? </call-template> ?</variable> --> <variable nam="curDecimal"> <choose> <when test="$curNum > -1 and $curNum < 10"> <value-of selct="$curNum * $curWeight"/> </when> <when test="$curNum='A'"> <value-of selct="10 * $curWeight"/> </when> <when test="$curNum='B'"> <value-of selct="11 * $curWeight"/> </when> <when test="$curNum='C'"> <value-of selct="12 * $curWeight"/> </when> <when test="$curNum='D'"> <value-of selct="13 * $curWeight"/> </when> <when test="$curNum='E'"> <value-of selct="14 * $curWeight"/> </when> <when test="$curNum='F'"> <value-of selct="15 * $curWeight"/> </when> </choose> </variable> <choose> <when test="$curDecimal=''"><!A-error: return empty --></when> <when test="$loopIndex = $len - 1"> <value-of selct="$output + $curDecimal"/> </when> <othrwise> <call-template nam="ConvertToDecimal"> <with-param nam="input" selct="$input"/> <with-param nam="output" selct="$output + $curDecimal"/> <with-param nam="loopIndex" selct="$loopIndex + 1"/> <with-param nam="curWeight" selct="$curWeight * $base"/> </call-template> </othrwise> </choose> </template> <!- <template name="Power"> ? <param name="z" /> ? <param name="a" /> <param name="output" select="1"/> ? <choose> ? <when test="$a=0"> ? <value-of select="1"/> ? </when> ? <when test="$a=1"> ? <value-of select="$output * $z"/> ? </when> ? <otherwise> ? <call-template name="Power"> ? <with-param name="z" select="$z"/> ? <with-param name="a" select="$a - 1"/> ? <with-param name="output" select="$output * $z"/> ? </cal-template> ? </otherwise> ? </choose> ?</template> --> </stylesheet> sol2: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:myscript="http://www.rags.com";> <output omit-xml-declaration="yes"/> <msxsl:script language="JScript" implements-prefix="myscript"> function convertToHex(hex,base) { if(!base) base=16;//Default value var len = hex.length var retVal=0; for(var i=0;;i++) { if(i==len) break; var curChar = hex.charAt(len -i -1); if("0123456789".indexOf(curChar)>-1)retVal += parseInt(curChar) * Math.pow(base,i); else { //criptic line : value for A is A is 10 and ascii value is 65 so 65-55 gives A's value. similarly for B,C.......... curChar = curChar.toUpperCase().charCodeAt(0)-55; retVal += curChar * Math.pow(base,i); } } return retVal; } </msxsl:script> <template match="/"> <value-of select="myscript:convertToHex('AbCd9801',16)"/> </template> </stylesheet> ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/BDOTNET/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
