Re: [xsl] xpath 2 regex

[davep <davep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/04/13 13:56, Michael Sokolov wrote:
> It seems likely () (for grouping) was intended rather than [] (for a
> character class)?


Yes Michael, that makes sense, though testing shows that as unnecessary 
in this simple case.


regards

> On 04/04/2013 08:04 AM, David Carlisle wrote:
> > On 04/04/2013 13:00, David Carlisle wrote:
> > > On 04/04/2013 12:40, davep wrote:
> > > > <xsl:template
> > > > match="p[matches(normalize-space(), '^[the quick] |
> > > > [brown fox]' )]"
> > >
> > > that matches either
> > >
> > > a string that starts with one of the letters t h e ' ' q u i c k
> > > followed by a space.
> > >
> > > or string that contains
> > > a space followed by one of the letters  b r o w n f x
> >
> >
> > the second clause should be
> >
> >
> >  or string that contains
> >  a space followed by one of the letters  b r o w n ' ' f x
> >
> > Although you can't actually match a space followed by another space in
> > this context as you have used normalize-space on the input.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >
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