The function string-length() returns number of characters in the string. The argument of the function must be castable to the string type.
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XSLT
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0"> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/> <xsl:template match="/aaa"> <xxx> <xsl:value-of select="string-length('Brr')"/> </xxx> <yyy> <xsl:value-of select="string-length(bbb)"/> </yyy> <zzz> <xsl:value-of select="string-length(ccc)"/> </zzz> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> |
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XML
<aaa> <bbb>12345</bbb> <ccc/> </aaa> |
Output
<xxx>3</xxx> <yyy>5</yyy> <zzz>0</zzz> |
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