Re: [xsl] Replace the portion of text that matches pattern: XPath versus SNOBOL

["David Carlisle d.p.carlisle@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 at 11:16, Michael Kay michaelkay90@xxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> > I'd probably have used
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> > replace($WORD, '^([^A]*)A', '$1E')
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> But that relies on doing a negative match, which is tricky to achieve it
> it's more than one character you're trying to replace.
>

well true, which is why (most likely)  *?  got added to most regex
flavours, but still I tend to reach for [^ before thinking of  *?
just because...

David


> Michael Kay
> Saxonica