xsl:test, but ignoring whitespace

mphare · December 2nd, 2008, 05:12 PM

I am using Saxon9 B

I have need to compare an element value in one file against an element value in another file.

It was easy..

Code:

   <xsl:if test="not(. = $piuSubTree//entry[@colname='1'])">
      <xsl:text>Invalid PIU Naming: "</xsl:text>
      ...

Problem is, now the users want to ignore leading or trailing whitespace. So I tried this:

Code:

   <xsl:analyze-string select="." regex="^\s*({$piuSubTree//entry[@colname='1']})\s*$">
      <xsl:non-matching-substring>
         <xsl:text>Invalid PIU Naming: "</xsl:text>

Probably not surprising to you, but it was to me.. this doesn't work.
My guess is I've munged the regex in one way or another.

Can anyone detect what I've missed?

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mrame · December 5th, 2008, 05:23 AM

From the script you have mentioned it seems that there are leading and traiing spaces in the current node which you are matching with "." character. And it specifies that there won't be spaces in the $piuSubTree//entry[@colname='1' element you have specified.
If you are approaching your target with the above understanding then I'm not sure where the mistake is.

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