| starts-with() Function | |
| Determines if the first argument string begins with the second argument. | |
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Two strings. |
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| Output | |
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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 | |
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XPath section 4.2, String Functions. |
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| Example | |
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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 |
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