Re: Why is 'analyze-string' producing this weird outpu

Your group counting is off (using entities is not helping:-)

<!ENTITY section-num "[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+">
                                                ^^^1
<!ENTITY section-name "[A-Z][a-zA-Z /]+">
<!ENTITY paren "\([^\)]+\)">
I use 'analyze-string' to break apart the input:

<xsl:analyze-string select="$line" regex="^(&section-num;) (&section-name;)
(&paren;)$">


^^^1                   ^^^3                    ^^^4


David




On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 at 14:40, Roger L Costello costello@xxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm baffled.
>
> Here is a sample input line:
>
> 5.2 Record Type (S/T)
>
> The first part -- 5.2 -- is the 'section number'.
>
> The second part -- Record Type -- is the 'section name'.
>
> The third part -- (S/T) -- is the 'abbreviated name'.
>
> I want the XSLT to generate this:
>
> <header>
>     <section-num>5.2</section-num>
>     <section-name>Record Type</section-name>
>     <abbreviated-name>(S/T)</abbreviated-name>
> </header>
>
> I created several ENTITIES for use by my XSLT:
>
> <!ENTITY section-num "[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+">
> <!ENTITY section-name "[A-Z][a-zA-Z /]+">
> <!ENTITY paren "\([^\)]+\)">
>
> I use 'analyze-string' to break apart the input:
>
> <xsl:analyze-string select="$line" regex="^(&section-num;)
> (&section-name;) (&paren;)$">
>     <xsl:matching-substring>
>         <header>
>             <section-num><xsl:value-of
> select="regex-group(1)"/></section-num>
>             <section-name><xsl:value-of
> select="regex-group(2)"/></section-name>
>             <abbreviated-name><xsl:value-of
> select="regex-group(3)"/></abbreviated-name>
>         </header>
>     </xsl:matching-substring>
> </xsl:analyze-string>
>
> That produces this erroneous output:
>
> <header>
>     <section-num>5.2</section-num>
>     <section-name>.2</section-name>
>     <abbreviated-name>Record Type</abbreviated-name>
> </header>
>
> I am baffled why I am getting that output.
>
> What am I doing wrong, please?
>
> /Roger