Re: [xsl] Patterns and scoped variables (or rather lack thereof)

[abel@xxxxxxxxxx]

It depends whether you are using XSLT 3.0 or not, but since you mention
Let-expressions, I think you mean indeed that you are using XSLT 3.0, since
these were not available earlier.

The Pattern Syntax (see http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt-30/#pattern-syntax) clearly
allows a predicate with a Let expression. Whether or not this is already
implemented in the processor you use, I wouldn't know.

For instance, you match expression could become:

<xsl:template match="text()[
    let $t := tokenize(., ':')
    return
       count($t) eq 2 and
       count(tokenize($t, '\s+')) lt 4">

If you are not using XSLT 3.0, another approach is probably better.

Cheers,

Abel Braaksma
Exselt.net



>---- Original Message ----
>From: Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "xsl-list" <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Zat, Feb 15, 2014, 9:42 PM
>Subject: [xsl] Patterns and scoped variables (or rather lack thereof)
>
>Transforming this sort of markup
>
><div class="fr small subtle">Transaction date: Sep 26, 2013</div>
>
>into a key value pair.
>
><Transactiondate>Sep 26, 2013</Transactiondate>
>
>However if there are too many words before the colon separator (the
>key part) then it probably isn't suitable for the key value treatment
>(the code below uses 3 words as the cutoff point).
>
>Talking of the code below and the thread title, the issue is how many
>times I've had to (or think I've had to ) tokenize the string on colon
>because I cannot (or think I cannot) introduce a let scoped variable
>into the pattern.
>
>
> <xsl:template match="text()[count(tokenize(.,':')) eq 2 and
>count(tokenize(tokenize(.,':')[1],'\s+')) lt 4]">
>
>    <xsl:variable name="keyValue" select="tokenize(.,':')"/>
>
>    <xsl:element name="{replace($keyValue[1],'\s+','')}"> .....key.....
>      <xsl:value-of select="$keyValue[2]"/>
>......value.....
>    </xsl:element>
>
>  </xsl:template>
>
>How else do I think I could do this.
>
><xsl:template match="text()">
>  <xsl:call-template name="dealWithText"
></xsl:template>
>
><xsl:template name="dealWithText">
>  <xsl:variable name="keyValue" select=tokenize ...etc>
>  <xsl:choose>
>    <xsl:when etc
>
>which of course camouflages the matchng rule inside the call template.
>
>Is this the best that can be done  or have I missed something.