Re: [xsl] conditional xsl:analyze-string

[Syd Bauman <Syd_Bauman@xxxxxxxxx>]

If I follow you, here (and I may not), you've provided the input, the
XSLT you're trying, and the output of the XSLT you're trying. It
would make answering questions a lot easier if you'd provide the
desired output in addition to or instead of the actual output. Even
better would be to also include a higher-level description of what
you're trying to do.


That said, maybe what you're looking for is <xsl:when>? (I say so in
part because I'd like to find out if this is a reasonable approach,
myself :-)

  <xsl:when test="matches(.,'[A-Z][a-z]+ [A-Z]\.')">
    <xsl:analyze-string select="." regex="([A-Z][a-z]+) ([A-Z]\.)">
      <xsl:matching-substring>
        <au>
          <s><xsl:value-of select="regex-group(1)"/></s>
          <f><xsl:value-of select="regex-group(2)"/></f>
        </au>
      </xsl:matching-substring>
    </xsl:analyze-string>
  </xsl:when>

(Just an example, not really intended to handle your data; would have
to be inside an <xsl:choose>, of course.


> We have following kinds of data, which have totally unexpected
> patterns. Can anyone suggest me the conditional way to write the
> regular expression. It should not delete any kind of data if it is
> not matching exactly. As we have seen below that some portion of
> third name is getting deleted.
> 
> Input
> <span class="name">Axxx B.</span>
> <span class="name">B. Axxx</span>
> <span class="name">xxx C. Dxxx</span>
> <span class="name">Exxx-Exxx</span>
> 
> XSL
> <xsl:analyze-string select="." 
> regex="([A-Z][A-Z|a-z|\-|#]+)(,)?\s+([A-Z|\.]+)+">
> <au>
>   <xsl:matching-substring>
>      <s><xsl:value-of select="regex-group(1)"/></s>
>       <xsl:value-of select="regex-group(2)"/><xsl:text> </xsl:text>
>      <f><xsl:value-of select="regex-group(3)"/></f>
>   </xsl:matching-substring>
> </au>
> </xsl:analyze-string>
> <xsl:analyze-string select="." 
> regex="([A-Z|\.]+)(,)?\s+([A-Z][A-Z|a-z|\-|#]+)">
> <au>
>   <xsl:matching-substring>
>    <f><xsl:value-of select="regex-group(1)"/></f>
>    <xsl:value-of select="regex-group(2)"/><xsl:text> </xsl:text>
>    <s><xsl:value-of select="regex-group(3)"/></s>
> </xsl:matching-substring>
> </au>
> </xsl:analyze-string>
> 
> Output
> <au><s>Axxx</s> <f>B.</f></au>
> <au><f>B.</f> <s>Axxx</s></au>
> <au><f>C.</f> <s>Dxxx</s></au> <!--xxx is deleted-->
> <au/> <!-- text is deleted-->
> 
> Any clue in this regard will be highly appreciable!!!