Is there an XSL contains directive

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I have the following snippet of XSL      lt xsl for-each select  item  gt       lt xsl variable name  hhref  select  link    gt       lt xsl variable name  pdate  select  pubDate    gt       lt xsl if test  hhref not contains  1234   gt         lt li gt           lt a href    hhref   title    pdate   gt             lt xsl value-of select  title   gt           lt  a gt         lt  li gt       lt  xsl if gt     lt  xsl for-each gt    The if statement does not work because I haven t been able to work out the syntax for contains  How would I correctly express that xsl if

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lt xsl if test  not contains hhref  1234    gt

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there is indeed an xpath contains function it should look something like    lt xsl for-each select  item  gt   lt xsl variable name  hhref  select  link    gt   lt xsl variable name  pdate  select  pubDate    gt   lt xsl if test  not contains hhref  1234     gt     lt li gt       lt a href    hhref   title    pdate   gt         lt xsl value-of select  title   gt       lt  a gt     lt  li gt   lt  xsl if gt

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From Zvon org XSLT Reference   XPath function  boolean contains  string  string     Hope this helps

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Use the standard XPath function contains     Function  boolean contains string  string    The contains function returns true if the first argument string contains the second argument string  and otherwise returns false

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It should be something like     lt xsl if test  quot contains  hhref   1234   quot  gt    not tested  See w3schools  always a good reference BTW

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Sure there is  For instance    lt xsl if test  not contains  hhref   1234     gt     lt li gt       lt a href    hhref   title    pdate   gt         lt xsl value-of select  title   gt       lt  a gt     lt  li gt   lt  xsl if gt    The syntax is  contains stringToSearchWithin  stringToSearchFor

[xslt] Is there an XSL "contains" directive?

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