Question

I would like to know how to delete a part of string from string when converting from one XML to another XML.

For example, say I have the source XML that has:

<element id="#yo">

however, after the translation I want this to be

<element id="yo">

Can I do this easily in XSLT? let me know thanks

also, can I do vice versa? yo to #yo

Answer 1

<xsl:template match="element[starts-with(@id,'#')]">
<element id="{substring(@id,2)}">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</element>
</xsl:template>

and in reverse

<xsl:template match="element">
<element id="#{@id}">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</element>
</xsl:template>