Truncate text formatted via HTML with XSLT 1.0

I am trying to t开发者_如何学Goruncate some text that has been formatted via HTML, but I need to keep the html in tact. I am doing so in SharePoint 2007 - so I am using XSLT 1.0.

I found this bit of XSLT here: http://symphony-cms.com/download/xslt-utilities/view/20816/

I was able to implement it, but it is telling me that the variable or parameter "Limit" has been defined twice.

However, the author has named many variables and parameters "Limit" and I am not sure which one I need to change.

I am fairly new to XSLT, and any help is greatly appreciated.

This is because at the top the XSLT the author has defined limit as a parameter

<xsl:param name="limit"/>

But a few lines down, then defines it as a variable

<xsl:variable name="limit">

Perhaps he had a 'buggy' xslt processor which allowed variables to be re-defined, but it should not actually be valid.

I did try renaming the variable to newlimit but it is hard to know whn he subsequently refers to limit whether it is the paramater or variable it is referring too (I couldn't actually get it to output useful HTML).

You are probably better off looking for something else to meet your needs. There may even be similar questions here on StackOverflow if you search about. For example, perhaps this meets your needs

XSLT - Using substring with copy-of to preserve inner HTML tags

I am sure there may be others if you look. If not, feel free to ask a new question, giving your input HTML, and your expected output, so that it is clear what your requirements are.