Hi,
Let's say I have a string of the form "a:b;c:d;" where there
can be any number of sub-parts of the form "x:y;", that I'd like
to parse using xsl:analyze-string. With the following regex:
^(([a-z]):([a-z]);)+$
which matches indeed, I cannot use the regex-groups to retrieve
all values. For instance the following:
<xsl:analyze-string select="'a:b;c:d;'"
regex="^(([a-z]):([a-z]);)+$">
<xsl:matching-substring>
<group num="0" value="{ regex-group(0) }"/>
<group num="1" value="{ regex-group(1) }"/>
<group num="2" value="{ regex-group(2) }"/>
<group num="3" value="{ regex-group(3) }"/>
<group num="4" value="{ regex-group(4) }"/>
<group num="5" value="{ regex-group(5) }"/>
<group num="6" value="{ regex-group(6) }"/>
<group num="7" value="{ regex-group(7) }"/>
</xsl:matching-substring>
</xsl:analyze-string>
returns the following:
<group num="0" value="a:b;c:d;"/>
<group num="1" value="c:d;"/>
<group num="2" value="c"/>
<group num="3" value="d"/>
<group num="4" value=""/>
<group num="5" value=""/>
<group num="6" value=""/>
<group num="7" value=""/>
when I would have expected the following instead:
<group num="0" value="a:b;c:d;"/>
<group num="1" value="a:b;"/>
<group num="2" value="a"/>
<group num="3" value="b"/>
<group num="4" value="c:d;"/>
<group num="5" value="c"/>
<group num="6" value="d"/>
<group num="7" value=""/>
That is, I expected the regex-groups to match the "dynamic"
number of groups, instead of the strict "static" or "lexical"
group numbering from the regex string. I thought that was what
I was used to in Perl and other tools, by I can't recall for
sure, and I didn't find a definitive answer in the spec.
Are my expectations wrong? If yes why? And if yes, is there
any general solution to this problem? (by "general", I mean not
recursing on the string and using substring on ';' because here
this is a simple delimiter)
BTW, tested with Saxon HE 9.3.0.5 and 9.4.0.2.
Regards,
--
Florent Georges
http://fgeorges.org/
http://h2oconsulting.be/
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