string-length - XPath
xslt/xpath reference: xslt elements, exslt functions, xpath functions, xpath axes the string-length function returns a number equal to the number of characters in a given string.
... syntax string-length( [string] ) arguments string(optional) the string to evaluate.

XML Assignments - Archive of obsolete content
xpath provides syntax to retrieve this using the built-in string-length method.
...here is an example: <vbox datasources="people.xml" ref="*" querytype="xml"> <template> <query expr="person"> <assign var="?namelength" expr="string-length(@name)"/> <assign var="?siblings" expr="count(../*) - 1"/> </query> <action> <hbox uri="?" align="center"> <button label="?name"/> <label value="?gender"/> <label value="?namelength"/> <label value="?siblings"/> </hbox> </action> </template> </vbox> two assign elements are placed as children of the query element.

Multiple Rules - Archive of obsolete content
alphabetically startswithmatch if a value starts with a specific string endswithmatch if a value ends with a specific string containsmatch if a value contains a substringto highlight results that contain a search term here is an example using the 'contains' operator: <vbox datasources="people.xml" ref="*" querytype="xml"> <template> <query expr="person"> <assign var="?letters" expr="string-length(@name) - 1"/> </query> <rule> <where subject="?name" rel="contains" value=" "/> <action> <label uri="?" value="?name has two names for a total length of ?letters"/> </action> </rule> </template> </vbox> this example contains only one rule with a condition which checks for names that contain a space character, which has the effect of selecting only those pe...

Functions - XPath
choose() concat() contains() count() current() xslt-specific document() xslt-specific element-available() false() floor() format-number() xslt-specific function-available() generate-id() xslt-specific id() (partially supported) key() xslt-specific lang() last() local-name() name() namespace-uri() normalize-space() not() number() position() round() starts-with() string() string-length() substring() substring-after() substring-before() sum() system-property() xslt-specific translate() true() unparsed-entity-url() xslt-specific (not supported) ...

Index - XPath
46 string-length xslt, xslt_reference the string-length function returns a number equal to the number of characters in a given string.

The Netscape XSLT/XPath Reference - XSLT: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
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Transforming XML with XSLT - XSLT: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
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