Re: [xsl] Need an XPath expression which checks that all commas are esca

Thanks for that, Dimitre. I forgot to negate it.

On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Dimitre Novatchev 
dnovatchev(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com <
xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:

> > not(contains(replace(., '\\,', ''), ','))
> And, of course:
>
> not(matches(., '[^\\],'))
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dimitre
>
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Dimitre Novatchev 
> <dnovatchev(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
> wrote:
> > not(contains(replace(., '\\,', ''), ','))
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Costello, Roger L. 
> > costello(_at_)mitre(_dot_)org
> > <xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > I need an XPath 2.0 expression for this:
> > >
> > >         Check that each comma in the <value>
> > >         element is escaped with a backslash.
> > >
> > > Examples:
> > >
> > > This is good:
> > >
> > > <value>A\, B</value>
> > >
> > > This is bad:
> > >
> > > <value>A, B</value>
> > >
> > > This is also bad, because one comma is escaped but the other is not:
> > >
> > > <value>A\, B, C</value>
> > >
> > > I created an XPath expression to see if the text is good:
> > >
> > > tokenize(text(), ',')[position() lt last()][ends-with(., '\')]
> > >
> > > I think that is correct. Is there a simpler XPath expression to solve
> this?
> > > /Roger
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Dimitre Novatchev
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>
> --
> Cheers,
> Dimitre Novatchev
> ---------------------------------------
> Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence.
> ---------------------------------------
> To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk
> -------------------------------------
> Never fight an inanimate object
> -------------------------------------
> To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the
> biggest mistake of all
> ------------------------------------
> Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
> -------------------------------------
> You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what
> you're doing is work or play
> -------------------------------------
> To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep.
> -------------------------------------
> Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
> -------------------------------------
> Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they
> write all patents, too? :)
> -------------------------------------
> Sanity is madness put to good use.
> -------------------------------------
> I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.


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