How do I check the first 3 characters in an element?

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I have the StatuteCode node below, I would like to check if the first 3 characters are not equal to 169.

XML

<StatuteCode Word="169142a4">Running</StatuteCode>

How do I do it using xslt choose?

What I have tried. I think this is wrong.

What I have tried:

XML

<xsl:choose>
	<xsl:when test='(StatuteCode,1,4)="169")'>
		<xsl:value-of select="true()"/>
	</xsl:when>
	<xsl:otherwise>
		<xsl:value-of select="false()"/>
	</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

Posted 7-Aug-18 7:03am

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Updated 7-Aug-18 8:18am

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2018-08-07T07:23:00

Solution 1

Try:

XML

<xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="starts-with(StatuteCode, '169')">
        <xsl:value-of select="true()"/>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:value-of select="false()"/>
    </xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

starts-with - XPath | MDN[^]

Posted 7-Aug-18 7:23am

Richard Deeming

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Member 11403304 7-Aug-18 14:04pm

What would be the path if the node was like this?
<charge><chargehistory><statute><StatuteCode Word="269142a4">Traffic

Richard Deeming 7-Aug-18 14:13pm

In the context of the <statue> element:

<xsl:when test="starts-with(StatuteCode/@Word, '169')">