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substring function with variable


File: Data.xml
<test>
  <color>red</color>
  <color>blue</color>
  <color>yellow</color>
</test>

File: Transform.xslt

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="1.0">
  <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" />

  <xsl:variable name="fieldWidth">12</xsl:variable>

  <xsl:template match="color">
    <xsl:variable name="valueLength" select="string-length(.)" />
    <xsl:variable name="padding" select="$fieldWidth - $valueLength" />
    <xsl:value-of select="substring('                  ',1,$padding)" />
    <xsl:value-of select="." />

  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:


           red
          blue
        yellow








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