Re: Apostrophe escaping in contains().

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Subject: Re: Apostrophe escaping in contains().
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 14:15:20 -0500

Ben,

You're escaping the apostrophe correctly, but once the parser is done with it, it is passing the expression

contains($text, '"'"')

to be interpreted as XPath. That's where you're hitting the error.

The usual workaround (FAQ alert) is to bind the character to a variable and use a variable reference.

...and in your other thread, why are you using disable-output-escaping?

Cheers,
Wendell

At 12:08 PM 12/2/2003, you wrote:

I'm trying to get a test using contains() to look for an apostrophe. My XSLT processor (Saxon) keeps telling me that I need whitespace between attributes.

The fragment I'm working with looks like this:

<xsl:when test="contains($text, '"'"')> some stuff </xsl:when>

I've searched the FAQs, and they report that I'm escaping the apostrophe correctly.

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RE: Apostrophe escaping in contains()., (continued)
- David Carlisle - Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:31:07 -0500 (EST)
  - Ben Trafford - Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:36:42 -0500 (EST)
- J.Pietschmann - Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:41:15 -0500 (EST)
- Wendell Piez - Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:22:15 -0500 (EST) <=
  - Ben Trafford - Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:30:06 -0500 (EST)
    - Wendell Piez - Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:15:58 -0500 (EST)
- Martinez, Brian - Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:34:53 -0500 (EST)

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