Re: [xsl] Escaping Characters in replace()

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 15/10/2013 20:31, Nathan Tallman wrote:
> Thank you, David and Ivan. It did, of course, work... I just had more
> problems than I thought. The code you helped with, works in situations
> like:
>
>      <unittitle>"The Atomic Bomb Foreshadowed: 1700 Years Ago". 1947.</unittitle>
>
> However, I also have to account for situations like:
>      <unittitle>
>          <title render="doublequote">The Atomic Bomb Foreshadowed: 1700
> Years Ago</title>. 1947.</unitdate>
>      </unittitle>
>
> There are separate instructions that insert " before the title/text()
> and ." after title/text(), which results in:
>      "The Atomic Bomb Foreshadowed: 1700 Years Ago.". 1947.
>
> In this scenario, how can I get rid of the extraneous period? Should I
> test for a unittitle/title that is immediately followed by a period?
> If so, how would I do that? Testing on unittitle/title won't let me
> change anything outside the node, like the extra period.
>
> Many, many thanks for your wisdom.


Don't match on text() unless you have to:
> insert " before the title/text()

in <title> blah <!-- stuff -->blah</title>

there are two text nodes so if you are not careful and add " around 
title/text() you will get " blah ""blah" I'd so

<xsl:template match="title[@render='doublequote">
  <xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
 <xsl:apply-templates/>
 <xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="unititle">
  <xsl:variable name="x">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
 </xsl:variable>
  <xsl:value-of select="replace($x,'&quot;\.','.&quot;')"/>
</xsl:template>

David





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