Subject: Re: [xsl] Need an XPath expression which checks that all commas are escaped From: "Bob Thomas bob.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 18:42:05 -0000 |
How about this: //value[matches(., '[^\\],')] Bob Thomas On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Costello, Roger L. costello@xxxxxxxxx < xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Martin wrote: > > > > Shouldn't the check rather be > > every $token in tokenize(., ',')[position() lt last()] satisfies > ends-with($token, '\') > > > > Ah! > > > > You are right! > > > > Thanks Martin. > > > > /Roger > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx [mailto:xsl-list-service@ > lists.mulberrytech.com] > > Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 2:09 PM > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [xsl] Need an XPath expression which checks that all commas > are escaped > > > > On 03.11.2017 19:03, Costello, Roger L. costello@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > I need an XPath 2.0 expression for this: > > > > > > Check that each comma in the <value> > > > element is escaped with a backslash. > > > > Do you want that expression to return a boolean value of true or false? > > > > > Examples: > > > > > > This is good: > > > > > > <value>A\, B</value> > > > > > > This is bad: > > > > > > <value>A, B</value> > > > > > > This is also bad, because one comma is escaped but the other is not: > > > > > > <value>A\, B, C</value> > > > > > > I created an XPath expression to see if the text is good: > > > > > > tokenize(text(), ',')[position() lt last()][ends-with(., '\')] > > > > > > I think that is correct. Is there a simpler XPath expression to solve > this? > > > > Shouldn't the check rather be > > every $token in tokenize(., ',')[position() lt last()] satisfies > ends-with($token, '\') ? > > > > > -- Bob Thomas +1 720 201 8260 Skype: bob.thomas.colorado Instant messaging: Gmail chat (bob.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) or Skype Time zone: Mountain (GMT-7)
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