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

["Wendell Piez wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Inventiveness requires constraint.

Cheers, Wendell


On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 7:57b/AM David Carlisle d.p.carlisle@xxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> 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.
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> 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...
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> David
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>> Michael Kay
>> Saxonica
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