> [ 20-odd lines of code elided ]

remember, that's only 10 lines really.

XML syntax means you have to have the whole thing again backwards.
/backwards. /again /thing /whole /the /have /to /have /you /means /syntax /XML

> Does anyone's XSLT processor have a regex extension function in it?  If
> not, looks like one that would be a welcome addition...

PR sayeth:
> G Features under Consideration for Future Versions of XSLT (Non-Normative)

> support for regular expressions ...

David


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