Re: [xsl] Save regex in variable

Subject: Re: [xsl] Save regex in variable
From: andrew welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:42:21 +0100
> i want to save a regex in a variable. Is that possible ?
>
> I have the following code:
>
> <xsl:analyze-string select="commit/comment" regex="(OK|ER)[0-9]+"
flags="i">
>
> And i want to save the regex into a variable at the beginning of the
> document. Is that possible ?
>
> I try:
>
> <xsl:variable name="regex" select="'(OK|ER)[0-9]+'" />
>
> But this is a string and works only, when i give a regex as string value
> like here:
>
> <xsl:if test="matches(commit/comment,$regex,'i')">
>
> Can anyone help me ?

Are you missing the AVT braces { }?

<xsl:analyze-string select="..." regex="{$regex}">
                                                       ^^^^       ^^^^

cheers
andrew

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