starts-with() Function | |
Determines if the first argument string begins with the second argument. | |
Inputs | |
Two strings. |
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Output | |
If the first string begins with the second, starts-with() returns the boolean value true; otherwise it returns false. |
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Defined in | |
XPath section 4.2, String Functions. |
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Example | |
We'll use this sample XML document: <?xml version="1.0"?> <list> <title>A few of my favorite albums</title> <listitem>A Love Supreme</listitem> <listitem>Beat Crazy</listitem> <listitem>Here Come the Warm Jets</listitem> <listitem>Kind of Blue</listitem> <listitem>London Calling</listitem> <listitem>Remain in Light</listitem> <listitem>The Joshua Tree</listitem> <listitem>The Indestructible Beat of Soweto</listitem> </list> This stylesheet outputs contents of all <listitem> elements that begin with the string "The": <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="text"/> <xsl:variable name="newline"> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> </xsl:variable> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:value-of select="$newline"/> <xsl:for-each select="list/listitem"> <xsl:if test="starts-with(., 'The')"> <xsl:value-of select="position()"/> <xsl:text>. </xsl:text> <xsl:value-of select="."/> <xsl:value-of select="$newline"/> </xsl:if> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Our stylesheet generates this result: 7. The Joshua Tree 8. The Indestructible Beat of Soweto |