character-map example on page 948

TheovdH · November 5th, 2016, 07:06 AM

Hi all,

when I try the example on a substitute for

Code:

disable-output-escaping

on page 948, I get:

Code:

Error at xsl:sequence on line 28 column 122 of auxml2xhtml.xsl:
  XPST0003 XPath syntax error at char 15 on line 28 in {translate($in, '&<>'"}:
    Unmatched quote in expression

(Using Saxon-PE 9.3) Apparently, the line:

Code:

  <xsl:sequence select="translate($in, '&lt;&amp;&gt;&apos;&quot;', '&doe-lt;&doe-amp;&doe-gt;&doe-apos;&doe-quot;')"/>

confuses the parser somehow. Assuming the example is correct, what could I be doing wrong here?
Thanks,
Theo van den Heuvel

CitySeven · November 5th, 2016, 09:21 AM

Maybe the second parameter should have been '<&>''"', as written in pp.532-533.

TheovdH · November 5th, 2016, 10:12 AM

Thanks CitySeven,
but that implies that there is indeed an error in the example.
TheovdH

mhkay · November 7th, 2016, 07:02 AM

Yes, you are correct, there is an error in the example.

The string literal written as

Code:

'&lt;&amp;&gt;&apos;&apos;&quot;'

is expanded by the XML parser to

Code:

'<&>'"'

and this is what the XPath parser sees. This is not a valid XPath string literal, because of the embedded single apostrophe. To make it into a valid XPath string literal, the apostrophe needs to be doubled. So it can be written as:

Code:

'&lt;&amp;&gt;&apos;&apos;&quot;'

or as

Code:

'&lt;&amp;&gt;''&quot;'

if you prefer.