Subject: Re: [xsl] replacing tabs and the like in a string From: Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:28:21 +0100 |
Thank you, it was the quotes around 	 that I was missing. On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:25 PM, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 19/09/2012 12:04, Ihe Onwuka wrote: >> >> I tried the obvious replace("abc def", 	'\\t') (the space is a >> tab) and variations thereof (declaring a variable for the tab) and >> I get "The regular expression in replace() must not be one that >> matches a zero-length string" >> >> If you have a solution to hand I'd be grateful > > > as posted it would be a syntax error as you only have two arguments to > replace, it should be > > > replace("abc def", '	', '\\t') > > To get the error that you showed you must have had a regex that matched "" > usually because it has a * in it. > > David > > ________________________________________________________________________ > The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd is a company registered in England > and Wales with company number 1249803. The registered office is: > Wilkinson House, Jordan Hill Road, Oxford OX2 8DR, United Kingdom. > > This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is > powered by MessageLabs. > ________________________________________________________________________
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