XSLT 2.0 matches function (Saxon)

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Subject: [xsl] XSLT 2.0 matches function (Saxon)
From: Marcin Miłkowski <milek_pl@xxxxx>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 00:25:31 +0200

Hi,

I'm having some difficulty in using matches() function with Saxon. Works beautifully with strings but not with variables. The element beforebreak in my xml input file contains a regexp:

<beforebreak>[\.\?!]+</beforebreak>

I try to use it for matching a string in a second file (in a variable $segmented_file:

  <xsl:variable name="before" select="beforebreak"/>
  <xsl:value-of select='matches($segmented_file//Raw, $before)'/>

This gives me a runtime error. I tried concatenation of apostrophes around the value of beforebreak but to no avail.

This however works:

<xsl:value-of select='matches($segmented_file//Raw, "[\.\?!]+")'/>

What am I doing wrong?

Regards,
	Marcin

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[xsl] XSLT 2.0 matches function (Saxon) Marcin Miłkowski - 7 Aug 2005 22:25:40 -0000 <= Michael Kay - 7 Aug 2005 23:12:10 -0000 <Possible follow-ups> Marcin Miłkowski - 7 Aug 2005 23:32:03 -0000 Michael Kay - 8 Aug 2005 07:48:19 -0000 Marcin Miłkowski - 8 Aug 2005 08:29:11 -0000

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