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[xsl] analyze string issues

2008-03-24 15:00:41
I am having trouble stripping numbers from a list of items. Here is a snippet of my xml:

<book>
<stem>    1.      Read the sentence... </stem>
<stem> 2. What language is the word <i>defense</i> originally from?</ stem>
</book>

My current template is

<xsl:template match="stem">
        <xsl:analyze-string select="." regex="\t[0-9][0-9]?\.\t">
         <xsl:non-matching-substring>
                <stem><xsl:copy-of select="."/></stem>
        </xsl:non-matching-substring>
        </xsl:analyze-string>
</xsl:template>


The template does what I want. It removes the tabs, numbers, and periods. But it also removes the <i> elements so that I end up with

<book>
<stem>Read the sentence... </stem>
<stem>What language is the word defense originally from?</stem>
</book>

How can I strip off the numbers and retain the inline elements of the <stem> element?

Terry Ofner






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