Re: [xsl] Need an XPath expression which returns all xs:pattern elements containing a regex that permits an unbounded number of characters

["Michael Kay michaelkay90@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think these rules handle the fact that `*` and `+` within square
brackets are ordinary characters and do not need to be escaped.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

> On 4 Apr 2024, at 16:46, Roger L Costello costello@xxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> David Carlisle devised a brilliant approach:
>
> Do a series of replace operations:
>
> remove all whitespace:
>
>    replace(@value,'\s','')
>
> replace \-quoted characters by x:
>
>    replace(@value,'\\.','x')
>
> replace {99,} constructs by *
>
>    replace(@value,'\{[0-9]+,\}','*')
>
> Here are the replaces, inlined:
>
> replace(replace(replace(@value,'\{[0-9]+,\}','*'),'\\.','x'),'\s','')
>
> Here are the results of applying the replaces to some regexes:
>
> A*  --> apply replaces --> A*
> A+  --> apply replaces --> A+
> A\*  --> apply replaces --> Ax
> A\+  --> apply replaces --> Ax
> A{0,} --> apply replaces --> A*
> A{1,} --> apply replaces --> A*
> A{5,} --> apply replaces --> A*
> \\* --> apply replaces --> x*
>
> To implement "Find all xs:pattern elements that permit an unbounded number
of characters" do this:
>
> 	If the string resulting from applying the replaces
> 	contains * or +, then the regex permits an
> 	unbounded number of characters.
>
> David (or anyone), is this correct?
>
> /Roger