Re: difference in regexp matches() and analyze-string

Alice Wei
MIS 2008
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University Bloomington
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Ruud Grosmann wrote:

  <xsl:template match="al">
    <xsl:variable name='txt' select="./text()"/>
    <xsl:variable name='re2'
          select="concat('^(', '2\.)',  '\s+(.*)$')"
                      as="xs:string"/>

    <xsl:if test="matches($txt,  $re2)">
      <xsl:text>MATCH</xsl:text>
    </xsl:if>
        <xsl:analyze-string select="$txt" regex="$re2" >

I think you want
   <xsl:analyze-string select="$txt" regex="{$re2}" >
here to have the constructed string bound to re2 as the regular
expression and not the literal string "$re2"

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