Re: [xsl] recognize character entities

[Abel Online <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Carlisle wrote:
>   *[not(matches(., '^[!-ɏ]'))]
There's a slight but maybe tricky difference between this method and 
your original attempt. In the previous expression you did not provide 
for empty nodes. I'm not sure if it matters, but:

match="*[matches(., '^[ɐ-�]')]">

matches only those nodes that start with a special character, and does 
not match empty nodes, while:

*[not(matches(., '^[!-ɏ]'))]

matches all noted that do not start with a special character. This will 
hold true for empty nodes as well. To mimic the original intent more 
closely, you need:

*[not(matches(., '^[!-ɏ]|^$'))]

which will return true for all special characters and false for an empty 
node. (unless of course you do want to do something with empty nodes, 
but forgot about it in your original attempt ;)

Cheers,

Abel Braaksma