How to have multiple "To replace" special characters in xsl translate

Question

How can I replace all the dash and dot on my string with a slash? I've tried using the below code.

<xsl:value-of select="translate('string_name', '-.', '/')"/>

I've also tried using the "|" but both codes don't work

<xsl:value-of select="translate('string_name', '-|.|', '/')"/>

Does anyone know a way to do this? Thank you.

I'm expecting to remove all the dots and dashes on my string and be replace by slash.

Answer 1

I think you want:

<xsl:value-of select="translate('string_name', '-.', '//')"/>

(that is, one replacement character for each character in the string of characters to be replaced).

And you probably do not want to quote the reference to the input string.

Answer 2

Well, if you are really using a product supporting XSLT 2 then you have access to the XPath 2 function replace which would work as replace($string, '[-.]', '/').