Rob,
"ABXY" ==> "12" maps A->1, B->2, X,Y->'nothing'
(effectively delete)
You can think about A,B as chars to replace with
different chars,
and X,Y as chars to get rid off: translate('XY', '')
--Jacek
> lists thoughts as to why is it that xpath
> translate() ignores additional
> characters when the replacement string is longer
> than the original but
> deletes characters if the replacement string is
> shorter? This doesn't seem
> logical to me.
>
> Rob Tice
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