RE: [xsl] replace special characters by element tags

Subject: RE: [xsl] replace special characters by element tags
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:46:17 -0000
> <xsl:analyze-string select="..." regex="<([^>]*)>">

                                          ^   ^   ^
These things are chevrons mangled by the antiquated email protocols that we
should no longer be using in this day and age...

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/


>   <xsl:matching-substring>
>     <i><xsl:value-of select="regex-group(1)"/></i>
>   </xsl:matching-substring>
>   <xsl:non-matching-substring>
>     <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>   </xsl:non-matching-substring>
> </xsl:analyze-string>
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>    
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Frank Marent [mailto:frank.marent@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 19 March 2007 16:17
> > To: Xsl-List
> > Subject: [xsl] replace special characters by element tags
> > 
> > hi all
> > 
> > i have difficulties in resolving the following (standard?) 
> process in 
> > xslt 2.0:
> > 
> >    "replace in text() <any text> strings by <i>any text</i>"
> > 
> > whereas <any text> can appear several times in text() and different 
> > text can be in the quotes like <any other text> or <yet 
> another silly 
> > text>.
> > 
> >    <Body>This is a nice <test> with several <means> traps 
> in it. Can 
> > you <transform this correctly?</Body>
> > 
> > should result:
> > 
> >    <Body>This is a nice <i>test</i> with several 
> <i>means</i> traps in 
> > it. Can you <transform this correctly?</Body>
> > 
> > is there an xslt 2.0 saxon solution for that case?
> > 
> > any help is very appreciated.
> > 
> > from zurich
> > frank

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