Subject: Re: [xsl] How to select for ' in XPATH? From: Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt <STAMMW@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:09:26 +0200 |
Thank you all for the different hints! It turned out that the following xpath expression just works with the xpath bookmarklet from below email on the link given there: /*/*/*[contains(.,"What's that")] It just returns:., Found 1 match for xpath(/*/*/*[contains(.,"What's that")]): And if searching for the seqence ')" which is ')" this really works fine with the alternating concat technique proposed by Martin (but without any escaping)! Applying this xpath /html/body/*[contains(normalize-space(.),concat("')",'"'))] with below xpath bookmarklet on this link http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt returns: Found 2 matches for xpath(/html/body/*[contains(normalize-space(.),concat ("')",'"'))]): /HTML/BODY/PRE[6] ... <xsl:template match="id('foo')"> ... /HTML/BODY/PRE[66] ... <xsl:for-each select="document('bib.xml')"> ... So now there is a working solution. The only question remaining is: Is there an xpath expression for matching a string containing N ' and N " characters alternating without the need to have a concat of 2*N parameters? Mit besten Gruessen / Best wishes, Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt Developer, XML Compiler WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Martin Jetter Geschaeftsfuehrung: Erich Baier Sitz der Gesellschaft: Boeblingen Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt/G ermany/IBM@IBMDE To xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 08/05/2009 10:30 cc PM Subject Re: [xsl] How to select for ' Please respond to in XPATH? xsl-list@xxxxxxxx lberrytech.com > Should be using the apostrophe attribute delimiter and double > quote string delimiter: > > '//*[contains(., "What' that?")]' Here the 's' is missing, should be '//*[contains(., "What's that")]' I removed the question mark in order to apply that xpath to the following old post in xsl-list archive (containing "What's that ..."): http://www.biglist.com/lists/lists.mulberrytech.com/xsl-list/archives/200303/msg01125.html> Below you find a "xpath" bookmarklet which allows you and others to easily play around with xpath searches on any webpage with Firefox. 1) go to some webpage 2) click on the "xpath" bookmark (install instructions below) 3) enter any xpath into the dialog 4) click "OK" 5) all DOM nodes matched by the xpath get marked by blue rectangles 6) displays "Found n matches for xpath(xyz)" in browser status bar And these are the results on above mentioned link: //table Found 4 matches for xpath(//table) //h2 Found 1 match for xpath(//h2) /*/*/*[contains(.,"What")] Found 1 match for xpath(/*/*/*[contains(.,"What")]) /*/*/*[contains(.,"What&x27;")] Found 0 matches for xpath(/*/*/*[contains(.,"What&x27;")]) Happy xpath matching! And hopefully someone finds the correct apostroph match that way ... The bookmarklet works for Firefox web browsers. 1) create a bookmark named "xpath" 2) open the properties of that bookmark 3) copy and paste the complete bookmarklet below into "Location" 4) click OK. In case the email gateway adds "interesting" characters to this post, the complete bookmarklet can be downloaded under this link, too: http://www.stamm-wilbrandt.de/en/xsl-list/xpath.bookmarklet.txt: javascript:(function(){ location.reload(); var count=0, text, e; xpath=prompt("xpath()", ""); if(xpath==null || xpath.length==0) return; var nodesSnapshot = document.evaluate(xpath, document.body, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null ); for ( var i=0 ; i < nodesSnapshot.snapshotLength; i++ ) { e = nodesSnapshot.snapshotItem(i); e.style.borderStyle="solid"; e.style.borderWidth="2px"; e.style.borderColor="blue";; ++count; } window.status="Found "+count+" match"+(count==1?"":"es") +" for xpath("+xpath+")"; })(); Mit besten Gruessen / Best wishes, Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt Developer, XML Compiler WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Martin Jetter Geschaeftsfuehrung: Erich Baier Sitz der Gesellschaft: Boeblingen Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSo ftwrights.com> To xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 08/05/2009 09:23 cc PM Subject Re: [xsl] How to select for ' Please respond to in XPATH? xsl-list@xxxxxxxx lberrytech.com I rushed my answer and made a mistake. At 2009-08-05 12:16 -0700, I wrote: >In XSLT 1: > > "//*[contains(., 'What' that?)]" Should be using the apostrophe attribute delimiter and double quote string delimiter: '//*[contains(., "What' that?")]' Sorry for misleading you. . . . . . . . . . ken -- Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ Training tools: Comprehensive interactive XSLT/XPath 1.0/2.0 video Video lesson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrNjJCh7Ppg&fmt=18 Video overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTiodiij6gE&fmt=18 G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Male Cancer Awareness Nov'07 http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/bc Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal
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