XSLT for each letter in a string

Question

I\'m writing an XSLT transformation (for XSL-FO), and need to repeat something for each letter in a string value, for example:

If string is stored in MyData/My

Answer 1

Good question, +1.

This is what the template/function str-map from FXSL is for:

when this transformation is applied on any XML document (not used), the wanted result is produced:

sssooommmeeettthhhiiinnnggg