Re: [xsl] Why is 'analyze-string' producing this weird output?

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

arrg  as I said entities is confusing..


<!ENTITY section-num "[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+">
                                                ^^^ group 2  not group 1



On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 at 14:44, David Carlisle <d.p.carlisle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Your group counting is off (using entities is not helping:-)
>
> <!ENTITY section-num "[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+">
>                                                 ^^^1
> <!ENTITY section-name "[A-Z][a-zA-Z /]+">
> <!ENTITY paren "\([^\)]+\)">
> I use 'analyze-string' to break apart the input:
>
> <xsl:analyze-string select="$line" regex="^(&section-num;)
> (&section-name;) (&paren;)$">
>
>
> ^^^1                   ^^^3                    ^^^4
>
>
> David
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 at 14:40, Roger L Costello costello@xxxxxxxxx <
> xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I'm baffled.
>>
>> Here is a sample input line:
>>
>> 5.2 Record Type (S/T)
>>
>> The first part -- 5.2 -- is the 'section number'.
>>
>> The second part -- Record Type -- is the 'section name'.
>>
>> The third part -- (S/T) -- is the 'abbreviated name'.
>>
>> I want the XSLT to generate this:
>>
>> <header>
>>     <section-num>5.2</section-num>
>>     <section-name>Record Type</section-name>
>>     <abbreviated-name>(S/T)</abbreviated-name>
>> </header>
>>
>> I created several ENTITIES for use by my XSLT:
>>
>> <!ENTITY section-num "[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+">
>> <!ENTITY section-name "[A-Z][a-zA-Z /]+">
>> <!ENTITY paren "\([^\)]+\)">
>>
>> I use 'analyze-string' to break apart the input:
>>
>> <xsl:analyze-string select="$line" regex="^(&section-num;)
>> (&section-name;) (&paren;)$">
>>     <xsl:matching-substring>
>>         <header>
>>             <section-num><xsl:value-of
>> select="regex-group(1)"/></section-num>
>>             <section-name><xsl:value-of
>> select="regex-group(2)"/></section-name>
>>             <abbreviated-name><xsl:value-of
>> select="regex-group(3)"/></abbreviated-name>
>>         </header>
>>     </xsl:matching-substring>
>> </xsl:analyze-string>
>>
>> That produces this erroneous output:
>>
>> <header>
>>     <section-num>5.2</section-num>
>>     <section-name>.2</section-name>
>>     <abbreviated-name>Record Type</abbreviated-name>
>> </header>
>>
>> I am baffled why I am getting that output.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong, please?
>>
>> /Roger