Regular Expression using XSLT

[ankitbhurat]

Hello every1

I am using ASP.NET 1.1 ,

I have a problem task in which i have to search employees whose first names start with 'A' to 'G'.

e.g.

ABC
CF
Ef
FF
GH

I have data in my XML.

Any solution hint will also do,

Many thanks in advance.
Ankit

[sorin_ristache]

Hello,

The regular expression for names that start with A - G is ^[A-G]\w+ but using it in the XSLT stylesheet depends on the structure of the input XML document. For example if you must process only elements with employees having names starting with A - G in an XML file like:

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<all>

    <emp id="emp01">

        <first_name>FirstName</first_name>

        <last_name>LastName</last_name>

    </emp>

    ...

</all>

then you can use in the XSLT stylesheet:

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    <xsl:template match="emp[matches(first_name, '^[A-G]\w+')]">

        ...

    </xsl:template>

Regards,
Sorin

[ankitbhurat]

Thanks Sorin

for ur inputs ..


I am rather new to XSLT... Just wanted to know if this wil work for version 1.0 also ?.

Many THanks

Hello,

The regular expression for names that start with A - G is [A-G]\w+ but using it in the XSLT stylesheet depends on the structure of the input XML document. For example if you must process only elements with employees having names starting with A - G in an XML file like:

Code: Select all

<all>

    <emp id="emp01">

        <first_name>FirstName</first_name>

        <last_name>LastName</last_name>

    </emp>

    ...

</all>

then you can use in the XSLT stylesheet:

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    <xsl:template match="emp[matches(first_name, '^[A-G]\w+')]">

        ...

    </xsl:template>

Regards,
Sorin

[sorin_ristache]

In XSLT 1.0 you can use for example the regular expression module of the EXSLT library.


Regards,
Sorin

[ankitbhurat]

Thanks,

I have downloaded the ZIP file. Wil let you know if I face any problem.

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Ankit

In XSLT 1.0 you can use for example the regular expression part of the EXSLT library.


Regards,
Sorin