Xml – Are .NET 3.5 XPath classes and methods XSLT 2.0 compatible

.net-3.5xmlxpathxslt

I'd like to use regular expressions in selecting elements using the match function. I'd prefer not to use an external library (such as saxon) to do this.

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I believe the answer in this discussion is misleading. I think .NET 3.5 doesn't support most XSL/T 2.0 functions (if any at all).

An example:

A call to a 2.0 function gives the following error message under .NET 3.5:

'current-dateTime()' is an unknown XSLT function.

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Xml – XSLT, XPath and InStr

String handling is not something XSLT is amazing at but there are a few options.

In this case you might try:

//competition[contains(@name,'Prem')]

see here for more options and details

Xml – XPath to select multiple tags

One correct answer is:

/a/b/*[self::c or self::d or self::e]

Do note that this

a/b/*[local-name()='c' or local-name()='d' or local-name()='e']

is both too-long and incorrect. This XPath expression will select nodes like:

OhMy:c

NotWanted:d 

QuiteDifferent:e

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