Re: [xsl] Using XSL variable in XQuery regular expression

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 16/12/2010 18:30, mlcook@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> Is it possible to use an XSL variable in a regular expression when using the "matches" function in an XSL transformation?
>
> Say I have
> <xsl:variable name="Prefix" as="xs:string" select="'PR'"/>

the rege argument is a normal string so can be constructed by any string 
operation, such as concat() or string-join()
> Then I want to use $Prefix in my regular expression like I might use XSL variables elsewhere:
> matches(normalize-space(text()[1]), '^(optional beginning text)*$Prefix: [a-zA-Z ]*')

matches(normalize-space(text()[1]), concat(
'^(optional beginning text)*',
 $Prefix,
 ': [a-zA-Z ]*'))

David