How to get the first letter of a string in uppercase format?

[blabla120]

In an element of my source xml file, II have an attribute
method="getSurf aceNumber".

I want to make a XSL transformation to a target file. In the target
file, I want to give out the mehod name in text, I do it like this

<xsl:value-of select="@method "/>

This goes perfect.
Now I want the first letter of the string in Uppercase:
GetSurfaceNumbe r

Is there a function with which I can convert string in Uppercase, but
only the first letter?

Thanks for help,

Bernd

[Andy Dingley]

bl*******@gmx.n et wrote:

Is there a function with which I can convert string in Uppercase, but
only the first letter?

These are always messy, but you can do it

<xsl:value-of select="concat (translate (substring (string (.),1,1),
'abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz', 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ'),
substring (string (.),2))" />

[Joseph Kesselman]

bl*******@gmx.n et wrote:

Is there a function with which I can convert string in Uppercase, but
only the first letter?

Not a single function, no. Build it out of simpler functions (substring
and translate, for example)

--
Joe Kesselman / Beware the fury of a patient man. -- John Dryden