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Re: [xsl] Anyway to avoid a syntax error when matching with a regex containing both &apos;&quot for example ['"](.*?)["']

2009-10-08 08:15:13
from [Martin Honnen] [Permanent Link] 
Alex Muir wrote:


Is there any way to avoid a syntax error with a regex containing  both
&apos;&quot for example ['"](.*?)["'] in the following select.

<xsl:value-of select="matches(., '[&apos;&quot;](.*?)[&quot;&apos;]')"/>


You need to escape the inner ' by doubling it

<xsl:value-of select="matches(., '[''&quot;](.*?)[&quot;'']')"/>
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