RE: [xsl] hard xsl problem

["Sal Mangano" <smangano@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,

It is cool to see we came upon the same basic solution. As I hinted in my
response it is a lot easier in XSLT 2.0. I love 2.0! It really raises the
bar on what you can do (easily) with XSLT. 

-Sal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 6:10 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] hard xsl problem
> 
> 
> Handling implicit structure is always easier in XSLT 2.0, 
> though this one is still a little tricky.
> 
> I would do a first pass in which all the "(" characters (and preceding
> whitespace) are replaced by <lpar/> and all the ")" (and following
> whitespace) are replaced by <rpar/>. This is easily done in 
> 2.0 using xsl:analyze-string.
> 
> <xsl:template match="text()">
>   <xsl:analyze-string select="." regex="(\s*\()|(\)\s*)">
>     <xsl:matching-substring>
>       <xsl:choose>
>         <xsl:when test="contains(.,'(')><lpar/></xsl:when>
>         <xsl:otherwise><rpar/></xsl:otherwise>
>       </
>     </
>   </
> </
>       
> 
> Then in a second pass, use:
> 
> <xsl:for-each-group group-starting-with="lpar|rpar">
>   <xsl:if test="self::rpar">
>     <xsl:copy-of select="current-group() except ."/>
>   </
> </
> 
> Not tested.
> 
> Michael Kay
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Bondi [mailto:rbondi@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 26 July 2004 00:10
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] hard xsl problem
> > 
> > I would be grateful for a solution to the following xsl problem.
> > 
> > Example input:
> > ==============
> > <Paragraph> On October 30, clad in scarlet and ermine, Charles made 
> > his entry into the papal palace (see <i>especially<i> 
> <cite>30</cite>, 
> > as well as <cite>20</cite>). He presented the Pope with a 
> blue velvet 
> > cape embroidered in pearls (<cite>234</cite>; 
> <cite>12345</cite>) in a 
> > design of angels (as well as a fleur-de-lys and stars). With no 
> > footing except in French support, Clement's papacy would 
> have vanished 
> > in smoke.</Paragraph>
> > 
> > Example output:
> > ==============
> > <Paragraph> On October 30, clad in scarlet and ermine, Charles made 
> > his entry into the papal palace. He presented the Pope with a blue 
> > velvet cope embroidered in pearls in a design of angels (as 
> well as a 
> > fleur-de-lys and stars). With no footing except in French support, 
> > Clement's papacy would have vanished in smoke.</Paragraph>
> > 
> > Problem in words:
> > ==============
> > The <cite> tags are always enclosed in parenthesis. As the 
> result of a 
> > transform (when a parameter passed into the xsl sheet is 
> 'true') (a) 
> > these parens, (b) their xml content, and (c) the space 
> preceding the 
> > open paren must be suppressed. Alternatively, (a)-(c) can 
> be enclosed 
> > in a tag. Parens that do not contain <cite> tags are to be 
> left as is. 
> > All of this is always inside a <Paragraph> tag.
> > 
> > How to do this is the problem.
> > 
> > I don't see how to do this even with a plugin, because it 
> is unclear 
> > to me how a plugin can be used to generate tags. It would 
> of course be 
> > more elegant to do this without a plugin.
> > 
> > MTIA,
> > /r:b: