Re: Find/replace algorithm

Is it coincidence that your examples are all approximate string matches? 
If not, an alternate multi-stage approach might be to check all 
non-words for approximate match to target list, followed by find and 
replace operation. Open-source libraries are available for approximate 
string matching.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximate_string_matching

Regards,

--Paul

On 3/24/21 3:28 PM, rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have a fairly large XML file similar to this:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>
> <products>
>
> o?=o?=o?= <product>ACME Wid Assbly</product>
>
> o?=o?=o?= <product>Ford Eng Rebuild Kit</product>
>
> </products>
>
> I want to do an identity transform except that I want to do some find 
> and replace on some of the words. For example
>
> Wid = Widget
>
> Assbly = Assembly
>
> Eng = Engine
>
> I am thinking of creating a lookup XML file to drive the find/replace 
> actions:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>
> <lookup>
>
> o?=o?=o?= <entry find="\bWid\b" replace="Widget"/>
>
> o?=o?=o?= <entry find="\bAssbly\b" replace="Assembly"/>
>
> o?=o?=o?= <entry find="\bEng\b" replace="Engine"/>
>
> </lookup>
>
> I am having trouble figuring out a good XSLT 2 or 3 algorithm for 
> actually doing the replacements. Any suggestions or pointers would be 
> appreciated. Thank you very much.
>
> Rick
>
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