Thanks Bob for the tip about translate. I finally worked it out - coding
as follows:
<xsl:templatename="table.cell.block.properties">
<xsl:variablename="stringanglesymbol">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:whentest="contains(., '<')">
<xsl:value-ofselect="(translate(., '<', ''))"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:whentest="contains(., '>')">
<xsl:value-ofselect="(translate(., '>', ''))"/>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<!--margin and indent for portrait format tables-->
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:whentest="(ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numbers' or
ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numberstripe') and
not(ancestor::d:thead or
ancestor::d:tfoot) and preceding-sibling::d:entry and
((string(number($stringanglesymbol)) != 'NaN') or (string(number(.)) !=
'NaN'))">
<xsl:attributename="text-align">right</xsl:attribute><!--text alignment
for numbers in cells-->
<!--specify right margin as a percentage of cell width (default: 30)-->
<xsl:attributename="margin-right">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:whentest="self::d:entry/d:footnote"><!--reduce the right margin if
there is a footnote in the cell-->
<xsl:value-ofselect="$cellfootnoteindent"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-ofselect="$cellnumberindent"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:text>%</xsl:text>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise/>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
On 26-05-12 5:59 AM, Bob Stayton wrote:
One way to handle those characters is to use the translate() function
to remove them before doing the test. If the third argument of
translate() is empty, then the matching characters in the second
argument disappear, and all other characters are left untouched.
Something like:
string(number(translate(., '<>', '')))
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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*From:* Xmplar <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* Bob Stayton <mailto:[email protected]>
*Cc:* DocBook Apps <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:38 PM
*Subject:* Re: [docbook-apps] Aligning numbers in table cells with xsl
I managed to (almost) fix the problem by adding a test for NaN to
the string variable:
<xsl:if test="(ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numbers' or
ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numberstripe') and
not(ancestor::d:thead or
ancestor::d:tfoot) and preceding-sibling::d:entry and
(string(number(.) != 'NaN'))">
This however will not select any cells that have a number *and* a
non-numeric string (such as greater than or less than signs: <1,
or >20) - my test treats those cells as a string and not as a
number. I now need to find how to convert < and > to a
number so that the test selects cells with a number and a lt or gt
sign.
On 24-05-12 4:24 PM, Bob Stayton wrote:
<xsl:if test="(ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numbers' or
ancestor-or-self::d:table/@tabstyle = 'numberstripe') and
not(ancestor::d:thead or
ancestor::d:tfoot) and preceding-sibling::d:entry and
string(number(.))">
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*Dave Gardiner*
Xmplar
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http://xmplar.biz
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