Subject: Re: compare string to a list of other strings
From: Florent Georges <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:25:33 +0100 (BST)
|
Szabo, Patrick (LNG-VIE) wrote:
Hi,
> This are the strings: estg, abgb, eg, ...
> I want to check if another string starts with estg, abgb oder eg.
> Now i could do a very long line of "starts-with() or starts-with()"
> but I'm sure there is a better way to do it right ?!
The following expression:
some $s in ('estg', 'abgb', 'eg') satisfies
starts-with($input, $s)
returns true() if there is some of the strings satisfying the expression, and
false() otherwise.
Regards,
--
Florent Georges
http://fgeorges.org/
|