RE: [xsl] Mistake in tokenizing under Saxon 8.2

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I am also wondering whether I am able to 'look forward' when 
> tokenizing
> and perform a different operation depending on what the _next_ token
> will be?

You can do something like

<xsl:variable name="tokens" select="tokenize(...)"/>
<xsl:for-each select="$tokens">
   <xsl:variable name="p" select="position()"/>

   <xsl:if test="$tokens[$p+1] = xyz">

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

> 
> Cheerio,
> Nic.
> 
> >>> mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx 21/01/2005 10:40:49 >>>
> The spaces that you get in your output are not being copied from the
> input,
> they are being generated by virtue of the rule that a single space is
> inserted between adjacent atomic values delivered in the result of a
> content
> constructor. This space isn't inserted between a string and a node,
> only
> between two strings.
> 
> (The reason for this rule is primarily for the case where you are
> generating
> list-valued simple content, e.g. ("red", "blue", "green"). It's less
> satisfactory when generating complex content. It means that you need
> to
> understand the rather subtle distinction between a string and a text
> node:
> <xsl:value-of select="'a'"/> outputs a text node, while <xsl:sequence
> select="'a'"/> outputs a string. <xsl:copy-of/> produces whatever it
> is
> given, which in this case is a string. Text nodes are output without
> generating separator spaces.)
> 
> I think that if you output a text node containing a single 
> space either
> side
> of the <a> element, you will get the required effect. You can do this
> with
> 
> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> 
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/ 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nicholas Hemley [mailto:Nicholas.Hemley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: 21 January 2005 09:50
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > Subject: [xsl] Mistake in tokenizing under Saxon 8.2
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I presume that I have made a mistake somewhere in the stylesheet
> when
> > using the tokenize function under Saxon 8.2 - for some reason I am
> > loosing the whitespace chars around the matched regular expression.
> > 
> > For example, the following pattern:
> > text text [link,alt,link_text] text
> > 
> > should be transformed to:
> > 
> > text text <a href="link" alt="alt">link text</a> text
> > 
> > BUT
> > 
> > I am loosing the whitespasce characters around the <a> as follows:
> > 
> > text text<a href="link" alt="alt">link text</a>text
> >               ^                                               
> >          
> >  ^
> > Why is this please? All the other whitespace chars are copied OK,
> even
> > though I am tokenising on whitespace.
> > 
> > If I use a &nbsp; in the stylesheet to compensate for the 
> > loss, it adds
> > two spaces, not one, which is wierd, so this is not currently a
> viable
> > solution.
> > 
> > Any input appreciated!
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > Nic.
> > 
> > Appendix: Stylesheet Snippet
> > 
> >   <xsl:template match="/html/body/P|p">
> >     <!-- copy node plus select contents -->
> >     <xsl:copy>
> > 
> >               <xsl:variable name="tokens"
> select="tokenize(.,'\s+')"/>
> > 
> >               <xsl:for-each select="$tokens">
> > 
> >                 <xsl:choose>
> >                   <xsl:when test='matches(.,"\[(.*),(.*),(.*)\]")'>
> > 
> >                     <xsl:variable name="elValue" select="."/>
> > 
> >                       <xsl:analyze-string select="$elValue"
> > regex="\[(.*),(.*),(.*)\]">
> > 
> >                         <xsl:matching-substring>
> >                           <a href="{regex-group(1)}">
> >                                   <xsl:attribute name='alt'>
> >                                     <xsl:value-of
> > select='replace(regex-group(3), "_"," ")'/>
> >                                   </xsl:attribute>
> >                                   <xsl:value-of
> > select='replace(regex-group(2), "_"," ")'/>
> >                            </a>
> >                         </xsl:matching-substring>
> > 
> >                       </xsl:analyze-string>
> > 
> >                   </xsl:when>
> >                   <xsl:otherwise>
> >                     <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
> >                   </xsl:otherwise>
> >                 </xsl:choose>
> >               </xsl:for-each>
> >     </xsl:copy>
> >   </xsl:template>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
> **********************************************************************
> > The information contained in this message may be confidential 
> > or legally privileged and is intended for the addressee only, 
> > If you have received this message in error or there are any 
> > problems please notify the originator immediately. The 
> > unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this 
> > message is strictly forbidden.
> >
> **********************************************************************
> 
> 
> 
> **********************************************************************
> The information contained in this message may be confidential 
> or legally privileged and is intended for the addressee only, 
> If you have received this message in error or there are any 
> problems please notify the originator immediately. The 
> unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this 
> message is strictly forbidden.
> **********************************************************************