Re: Using regexp:match in xalan-j 2.5.2 (or in JDK 1.4.2)

On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 11:38 -0800, Karr, David wrote:
> I'm just starting to explore EXSLT (and I'm not that XSLT-experienced,
> either).
> 
> It appears from what I see on the EXSLT web site that, for example, the
> "regexp:match" function (not a template?) is not supported in Xalan-J
> 2.5.2, or even in the Xalan-J embedded in JDK 1.4.2.  Am I understanding
> that correctly?

It's possible that information is out of date.  I would double-check
with the Xalan maintainers.

> I'm looking for practical strategies for parsing various strings, like
> "address" and "name", to break them up into their constituent parts
> ("city", "lastname", etc.).  The regexp:match function looks like it
> would have been useful, but it appears I can't use it directly.

Depending on what your delimiters are, you could try string:tokenize.


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