Re: [xsl] XPath to test that a middle name consists of a letter followed by a period and nothing else ?

["Tommie Usdin btusdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Friends b

This is xls-list, not politically-correct-design-list. It is reasonable
for a participant to ask for help with an XPath test here, and reasonable
to give help with that test.  Discussion of whether this is a test that
should be done for social reasons is out of scope for this list.

If the question had been bhow to test that an element contains a letter
followed by a period and nothing elseb the OP would have gotten the
needed help without the politics. (While I am certain that Roger is
more than hardy enough to take this off-topic criticism, there are other
participants who would be chased off the list by the reception this
question has received.)

So, can we please return to the XPath part of the question and leave
the business rules out of the discussion?

Thank you.

b Tommie

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