Re: Pattern Matching a sting value

Michael Kay wrote:

> In this specific example I would think you could use
>
> substring-before(
>    substring-after($x, 'font-family'),
>    ";")
>
> But of course what you really need is the regex handling offered by XSLT
> 2.0.
>
> Michael Kay
>
>  
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com 
> > [mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of 
> > scott gabelhart
> > Sent: 06 February 2004 02:06
> > To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
> > Subject: Re: [xsl] Pattern Matching a sting value
> >
> >
> > Jim Fuller wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > > [mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
> > > > scott gabelhart
> > > > Sent: 06 February 2004 01:14
> > > > To: XSL-List(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
> > > > Subject: [xsl] Pattern Matching a sting value
> > > >   
> > > >
> > > >        
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > How in XSLT 1.0 do you interogate a specific portion of a string?
> > > >   
> > > >
> > > >        
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > $stg = "font:...;font-family:Arial;color:#FFFFF;...."
> > > >
> > > > I am only interested in the portion of this string that
> > > > contains Arial.
> > > >   
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > Not sure what interested means, if you want to test for the 
> > >      
> > existance 
> >    
> >
> > > use the boolean contains() function;
> > >
> > >         contains($stg,'Arial') would return true
> > >
> > > Otherwise use the following string based functions
> > >
> > >         string substring-before(string, string)
> > >         string substring-after(string, string)
> > >         string substring(string, number, number?)
> > >         string concat(string, string, string*)
> > >         number string-length(string?)
> > >
> > > You might need these as well;
> > >
> > >         string normalize-space(string?)
> > >         string translate(string, string, string)
> > >
> > > Check out here for specific techniques;
> > >
> > > http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N7240.html
> > >
> > > Otherwise if you want something with regular expressions or more 
> > > advanced string handling like replacing text check out www.exslt.org.
> > >
> > > Gl, Jim Fuller
> > >
> > >
> > > XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > Jim,
> >
> > specifically I have a attribute that contains many values 
> > that I have to 
> > break apart and set to individual attribute values so
> > a string that contains 
> > "color:#FFFFF;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;" I would need to 
> > select only the value begining after the : in font-family and ending 
> > with;before font-weight.
> > Do any of the string function above support the functionality I am 
> > looking for? Thanks for the tip on the contains function. 
> > Already using 
> > that function to determine if a attribute string value contains 
> > font-family in the first place.
> > - Scott
> >
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> >
> >    
>
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>  
Michael,

your suggestion above worked perfectly. Thank you very much.

- Scott

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