Re: [xsl] Formatting string

["Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wasn't stating my requirements, I wasn't the OP, I was just pointing out 
the pitfalls of trying to do what the OP wanted :)
As others have said you can't then cope with a number of other cases. You 
cannot fight the second law of thermodynamics :)

Joe


> From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] Formatting string
> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 14:09:30 +0100
>
> > The trouble with these is that they don't cope with expressions such as
> > "UKBank" or "BankOfUSA". I'm trying to come up with a neat expression 
> that
> > does.
>
> you don't say what you want, assuming that that is
> "UK Bank" "Bank Of USA"
> then
> for $i in ("UKBank" , "BankOfUSA")
> return
> replace($i,'(([a-z])([A-Z]))|(([A-Z][a-z]))','$2 $3$5$6')
>
>
> $ saxon8q /tmp/replace.xq
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>UK Bank  Bank Of USA
>
>
> or replacing [a-z] and [A-Z] by appropriate
> unicode classes if you want a more global view of the world.
>
>
> David
>
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