[thelist] XSLT 2.0 replace < > special characters
Mozer, Matt
Matt_Mozer at intuit.com
Mon Apr 25 09:46:46 CDT 2005
I am trying to do a search and replace on an element with a regex. The
problem I am having is on the replace. I am looking for any http(s) strings
and needing to create an href out of it.
This code below works for replace any http(s) with say a text result such as
"fred" or "bob" - for example. You can see what I am trying to do with it
though with the a href.
<xsl:template match="whatever">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:value-of select='replace(.,"(https?:\/\/[^\s]*)", "<a
href=$1>$1</a>")'/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
The element in this case "whatever" could have multiple http references and
are contained in a text element of arbitrary content and length. So, with
that being said, the below example is not what I'm looking for as someone
has already pointed out. I have tried something similar to no avail.
<xsl:template match="//addr">
<xsl:element name="a">
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
I need to be able to escape the "<" & ">" characters or change my approach
entirely... I think this would prove to be a valuable tool if it were to
work.
-Matt
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