I have the following piece of code:
root="//valueExpression[matches(self::*,'pattern')]/.."
But I can only use XPath 1.0 and I get an exception for the function matches(). Can you please help me with a solution using only functions from XPath 1.0 ?
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Generally, this can't be done just using XPath 1.0.
However, there is a set of standard XPath 1.0 functions that you can use for string processing:
substring()substring-before()substring-after()translate()normalize-space()string-length()count()
Dimitre Novatchev
2010-06-17 18:09:59
I know these functions... but somehow I need a solution... if anyone can help.
Jenny Smith
2010-06-18 07:01:24
@Jenny-Smith: There's no way to have the function `matches()` in XSLT 1.0 unless you implement it yourself as an extension function. If you can do with something "similar" but not exactly the same, consider using the RegEx module of EXSLT -- if your XSLT processor implements EXSLT, it may implement the RegEx module. If you need XPath nor hosted in XSLT, then only the first option remains.
Dimitre Novatchev
2010-06-18 12:54:38