Re: Evaluating replace on string-replace

I would say that

Since F&O spec says
[[
2.3 fn:string

fn:string() as xs:string
fn:string($arg as item()?) as xs:string
]]

that the string function cannot take a sequence as argument

So

>      <p:with-option name="replace"
>                     select="concat($opos,',',p:iteration-position())"/>

should raise an error (since we take the string value for the replacement)

Xmlizer

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 2:55 AM, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote:
> Consider this pipeline fragment:
>
> <p:for-each>
>  <p:variable name="opos" select="p:iteration-position()"/>
>  <p:for-each>
>    <p:iteration-source select="//div"/>
>    <p:string-replace match="/div/@a" replace="3+4"/>
>  </p:for-each>
> </p:for-each>
>
> For each matched /div/@a, the replacement expression "3+4" is evaluated,
> producing 7 and the string value of @a becomes "7".
>
> Makes sense.
>
> Now consider:
>
> <p:for-each>
>  <p:variable name="opos" select="p:iteration-position()"/>
>  <p:for-each>
>    <p:iteration-source select="//div"/>
>    <p:string-replace match="/div/@a">
>      <p:with-option name="replace"
>                     select="concat($opos,',',p:iteration-position())"/>
>    </p:string-replace>
>  </p:for-each>
> </p:for-each>
>
> This is the moral equivalent of (for the first iteration of each loop,
> at least), replace="1,1"
>
> If you evaluate "1,1" you get...a sequence of two 1's. That's either
> an error or the result is @a="11" (or maybe "1 1").
>
> Which of those is the right answer?
>
> The poor, naive user probably expected @a="1,1". AFAICT, in order
> to get that, he or she has to write:
>
> <p:with-option name="replace"
>        select="concat('&quot;',$opos,',',p:iteration-position(),'&quot;')"/>
>
> which works, but seems surprising.
>
> Did my analysis go off the rails somewhere?
>
>                                        Be seeing you,
>                                          norm
>
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